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.
"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!
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?
"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.