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Sentence #5498340

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 CK CK October 7, 2016 October 7, 2016 at 2:09:36 AM UTC flag Report link Permalink

"Went up by two floors" sounds a bit off to me.
What part of the US do you live in?
I wonder what area of the US uses this.

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We went up by two floors to reach the apparel stalls.
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We went up by two floors in order to reach the apparel stalls.

 slyfin slyfin November 8, 2016 November 8, 2016 at 2:31:38 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Interesting. I think this is a pretty standard type of expression that uses "by".

However, I do think that "by" is very often dropped in daily speech so that "went up by two floors" becomes "went up two floors." Maybe that's why this sentence sounds somewhat strange to you.

To answer your question, I spent the first year of my life growing up in Pennsylvania. From then until now, I've been living in Arizona.

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We went up by two floors to reach the flower department.

added by slyfin, October 6, 2016
➜ #5498345We went up two floors to reach the apparel stalls.

linked by slyfin, October 6, 2016
➜ #5498355We went up by two floors in order to reach the apparel stalls.

linked by slyfin, October 6, 2016
➜ #5498358In order to reach the apparel stalls, we went up by two floors.

linked by slyfin, October 6, 2016
We went up by two floors to reach the apparel stalls.

edited by slyfin, October 7, 2016
➜ #5502513Giyim tezgahlarına ulaşmak için iki kat yukarıya çıktık.

linked by duran, October 8, 2016