Search from various 영어 teachers...
Gabriel
up high/down below Hi, there What's the difference between up high/high up and down low/down below? Should I say "The cups are high up on the wall" or "The cups are up high on the wall"? or "The cups are too high on the wall"? Please! Thank you
2016년 12월 1일 오후 12:18
교정 · 4

up high/down below

Hi, there

What's the difference between up high/high up and down low/down below?

Should I say "The cups are high up on the wall" or "The cups are up high on the wall"? or "The cups are too high on the wall"?

Please!
Thank you


Up high is usually used when we describe something that is not reachable. e.g.. the sky is up high. High up means that the item can be reachable. The same goes for down low/down below. You could say that a cupboard is down low. But hell would be down below. Its not really reachable yet it is underneath you. 

2016년 12월 1일

up high/down below

Hi, there

What's the difference between up high/high up and down low/down below?

Should I say "The cups are high up on the wall" or "The cups are up high on the wall"? or "The cups are too high on the wall"?

Please!
Thank you

Up high and high up mean the same thing. 

"The cups are too high on the wall" works as a sentence but why are they too high up? The cups are too high up on the wall to be reached? It is different from, "The cups are high up." 

Down low and down below are different. Down below means it's underneath something. Down low means that something is just low. A cat can rest below a table but it can also just rest low on the ground. 

2016년 12월 1일
Thank you!
2016년 12월 1일
"The cups are high up on the wall" and "The cups are up high on the wall" are basically the same thing. "The cups are too high on the wall" would mean that no one can reach them.
2016년 12월 1일
더 빨리 진행하고 싶나요?
이 학습 커뮤니티에 참여하고 무료로 연습해보세요!

집에서 편안하게 언어를 배울 수 있는 기회를 놓치지 마세요. 경험 많은 강사진을 살펴보고 지금 바로 첫 수업을 신청하세요!