word choice - to pickup or be picked up - English Language
I think for pickup is more common in colloquial English, to be picked up is more wordy and sounds more formal. When used as a noun or adjective, it's a single, compound word. When used as a verb, it's split into the original two words: pick up your clothes.
Pick up vs. pick up on - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
2017年2月2日 · What is the difference between pick up and pick up on? The phrases for consideration (from a book): our brains pick up on the underlying patterns; I can pick up the telltale signs; you start picking up hints about people; The meaning is the same (notice, catch), but in the first phrase "on" is used.
grammar - Pick up someone vs Pick someone up? - English …
2019年2月28日 · Oxford Learner's Dictionary provides this notation for the relevant meanings of pick up: pick somebody <-> up. pick somebody/something <-> up. The <-> means that the word before and after can appear in reverse order. Technically, in example 1 I can either "pick the baby up" or "pick up the baby." Similarly, if I want someone to drive to the bus ...
Pickup vs. Pick Up vs. Pick-up - English Language & Usage Stack …
2017年4月13日 · So I would say "Drive your pickup to pick up the kids at the pick-up location." However the distinction between adjective and noun seems to be going away over time. The OED traces "pickup truck" as starting out as "pick-up truck" in the 1920s and morphing in to "pickup truck" later on and google ngrams would agree with that assessment:
prepositions - Doing something “on pickup” or “at pickup”
2018年8月1日 · In this case, I think it's "on pickup" since the location of the pickup isn't a destination for you. If the driver doing the picking up initiated the question about being paid, they would ask to be paid "at pickup," but you would agree to "pay on pickup" or even "pay upon pickup" if you're controlling that part of the conversation.
What's the subtle differences between "pick up" and "pick out"?
2017年3月24日 · To Pick (something) Up means according to Merriam-Webster Pick Up. to take hold of and lift up. picked up all the pieces. Pick up can mean a lot of things depending on usage. Another particular usage is. to acquire by study or experience. Picking up a great deal of knowledge in the process. Your second sentence doesn't express the same meaning ...
A collective term describing both pick-up and drop-off?
2019年2月28日 · General words for "pick up" and "drop off" and "both" are transportation and delivery. Generally, they imply all three. Generally, they imply all three. The word transfer can also be used to convey both meanings by themselves or simultaneously.
politeness - How should I tell someone "I called you but you didn't ...
Follow up email: I'm writing to discuss [subject matter]. I tried to reach you by phone last week but I couldn't get through (or, you were unavailable). So I wanted to ask you about [back to subject matter]. Benefits: courteous, polite, easy-going ; clearly points out your attempt to call; keeps focus on what you really want
grammaticality - Come to pick up vs. come pick up - English …
2016年3月22日 · to pick up is usually used as an idiom. Honestly the above sentence isn't right logically either. I would preferably use "he'll pick you up" rather than adding "come pick you up" because if the subject is picking up someone then the subject has to go over there and pick that someone up which is given. Mention the subject in the sentence prior ...
etymology - Takeout vs Pickup, is there a difference? - English ...
2014年5月3日 · While 'pick-up' is obviously also logically constructed, and has accepted and sometimes related roles, I wouldn't say that it is a generally accepted descriptor in the sense you mention. It might even be in-house (which doesn't make it 'incorrect').