Sunday, February 28, 2016
Hear this:
"If you support that Austin becomes our new President, raise up your hand."
That is an expression you may never find anything wrong with, if I ask you.
Even most teachers would say to their students:
"If you know the answer, raise up your hand."
Sorry, you simply "raise your hand" (not "raise up").
The same thing applies to the verb "lift", which is a synonym of "raise".
Yes, we sing songs like "I will lift up my hands and praise the Lord; Lift up Jesus..."; yet, it doesn't justify that they are grammatical.
Avoid the blunder, will you?
Good one... But in songs it can be used not to defeat the rhythm...
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