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Why do people add the word "out" to verbs?
Why do you change out a light bulb instead of just changing it? Why do you paint out a wall instead of just painting it? Isn't the "out" unnecessary?
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- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Peace OUT!
- Peter MLv 51 decade ago
Why do we add up?
Hurry up
Get up
Eat up
etc.
(There's another word we're always adding, but it's slipping my mind at the moment).
I don't know why, we just do. I guess it adds emphasis. I've never heard of "painting out" a wall though.
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