Free at Last

[Thadeus]

What is the correct grammar for the following?

He frees the captive bunny.
Classes just ended which free's up Jen's time.

I know that rewriting the sentence is optimal. Is it necessary? Or can free have an 's' attached in some manner?

~Thadeus

 

[wahnula]

Another point...is the word up in the sentence:

"Classes just ended and that usually frees up her time"

a preposition or an adverb? Merriam-Webster classifies up as a noun, adjective, verb, adverb or preposition depending on its use.

One of the phrases that's always bugged me is "woke up". I choose to say awakened or awoke just because I feel using "up" in that context is awkward. Thoughts?

Tony

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[CajunCenturion]

In that context, 'free up', and similar constructs such as 'wake up', 'pick up', 'look up', 'get over', etc. are called phrasal verbs. Usually, the semantic meaning of the phrasal verb is unique, separate from either of its components, and therefore, is treated as single semantic unit.


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[MeGustaXL]

<tongue in cheek>

How about "ESquared just finished one of his succinct posts which freed up about four hours of his time"

</tongue>

LOL

Chris

So you ride yourselves over the fields,
and you make all your animal deals,
and your wise men don't know how it feels...

Ian Anderson

 

[kjv1611]

>Lothar was [shot] in the head.
>Nancy stopped smoking.

I think we found the killer, assuming the 2nd event occurred before the first.



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