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Originally Posted by Boomer
pssssst, downeaster,
In that sentence "up" is an adverb modifying the verb "backing" and so you would have been just fine. No object of a preposition necessary because there was no preposition.  Sometimes 'up' is a preposition when it is not busy being an adverb.
Heck I write in sentence fragments all the time and I do not even care. I do not pay any attention to what that grammar check thing tries to tell me.
I guess I am on a mission to try make sure people don't worry about that stuff. When people worry about those things, it gives English majors a bad name. Not that I am an English major, mind you. But in my younger days, I had a friend who was an English major and when she would go out and about to maybe meet some guys, she would lie about her major. Actually, she was worse than an English major. She was even an English teacher  and so she would just tell guys that she worked for the phone company so they wouldn't move down another barstool because she said she was an English teacher.
Well, I just stopped by here to make sure you know you are OK, downeaster, and now I had better get out of here before I get kicked out for not knowing anything about computers.
Boomer |
I am trying to think of a clever response but it is late and it has been a long day. Maybe some day we can talk about "hopefully" and "clearly". Meanwhile I am going to bed so I can get up to leave at oh dark hundred on a short "vacation". We have to get off the reservation once in a while.