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Speaking of the grammatical function what does the preposition ‘by’ act as in this context？
2024년 9월 22일 오후 3:27
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By is just a preposition that means 'through the agency of'. It just tells us who performed the action.
You could say something like:
... because of the pepping up that our emphatic listener did.
But it's much easier to say by.
2024년 9월 23일
The sentence becomes clearer if you omit "up". It has no effect on the meaning.
2024년 9월 23일
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