Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
Upon/on
Dear Teachers,
Could you, please, let me know the difference between these two prepositions concerning register? Is "upon" literary maybe? How should we use them?
E.g., in "look down upon/on", does the expression with "upon" count as more refined, or how it is different?
Thank you!
Could you, please, let me know the difference between these two prepositions concerning register? Is "upon" literary maybe? How should we use them?
E.g., in "look down upon/on", does the expression with "upon" count as more refined, or how it is different?
Thank you!
Top answer
"Upon" is a little more formal.
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