Any differences between"muck up"and "mess up"? When someone didn't do well in a speech,he would say"I mucked up my speech" but I wonder if it's okay when he said"I messed up my speech" and any diffene

Baron Zhao

Any differences between"muck up"and "mess up"? When someone didn't do well in a speech,he would say"I mucked up my speech" but I wonder if it's okay when he said"I messed up my speech" and any diffenences between them?

7 de nov de 2017 12:04

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In American English it is proper to say, "I messed up my speech." "Mucked up" would be informal. As a noun, "muck" refers to dirt, rubbish, or manure. As a verb, it means to mishandle something. It can also refer to cleaning out a barn and spreading the manure on a field.

7 de novembro de 2017