'met up with' and 'met'

[Tilly2]

I had an interesting period of time today with a student who could/would not see the superfluousness of 'met up with' over 'met'.

Just out of interest, do you see a difference between the two?
I was trying to point out that 'met' is perfectly acceptable. and 'met up with' is two words too many.

[askyourgran]

Well I still met my friend for lunch. To me 'Met up with' is not the correct way of speaking.

[EcclesCake]

Rojash, please issue 'splutter' warnings before posting.......

[Tilly2]

rojash, I was not saying that 'met up with' is redundant. The met part is not redundant. The 'up with' bit is.

[plautus]

"But surely the whole point is that "met up with " is NOT redundant! As to teaching PE, I would have had a better time of it than teaching A Level Latin and History!

[elliemay1]

Tilly, as you can see, most people can see the difference, so if you are teaching English, I find it incredible that you can't! What was the context? Was it an essay?

[Zacs-Master]

No it isn't.

[Mamyalynne]

I don't see the 'up with ' part as redundant, as I said language is fluid and people develop their own ways of using it...


http://dictionary.rev...ish-cobuild/meet%20up

[Psybbo]

Word of the year OMNISHAMBLES

[Zacs-Master]

What are you getting him for his proper present?

What's wrong with 'What's his proper present?'

[Tilly2]

Nothing, Zacs-Master.

[elliemay1]

tilly, what was the context?

[Psybbo]

Zacs I think meant BM's thread

[Tilly2]

Elliemay, between you and I, we were blue sky thinking , outside the box and actioning the language.

[Zacs-Master]

So is 'are you getting him for' superfluous?

[Mamyalynne]

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeek am off!!

[elliemay1]

Should it not be "between you and me!"

[rojash]

"rojash, I was not saying that 'met up with' is redundant. The met part is not redundant. The 'up with' bit is.

Good grief - if you can't understand that I was comparing the full phrase "met up with" with the word "met", then you really should not be teaching English.

[rojash]

"Should it not be "between you and me!"

Yes, it should.

[DTCwordfan]

pray what is an omnishambles.....the BBC in meltdown?, the Catholic Church? The CoE? Decktop?

[plautus]

"Elliemay, between you and I!" Between you and me!! Object pronoun after a preposition! Quit while you may!