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wigsplitz
Well, yeah, there has to be exceptions. Cheer up? Lay down? Make up? Let down? And so on...

You'd never say "let's make up and kiss", it's "let's kiss and make up". Yeah, there's definitlely exceptions.
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Gems
-calm down
-make up
-cheer up
-lay down

These are examples of, "Particles". Particles are similar to prepositions.

Whether or not a sentence is properly formed when using a particle depends upon how the particle is placed within the sentence.

Examples:

You need to calm down your mind.


[Notice how "down" requires the subject "mind".]


You need to make up your bed.

You need to cheer up your outlook.

You need to lay down on your bed and take a nap.


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Here is a funny, little anecdote to my rabid Grammar Nazism.

"Two women are sitting next to one another on a plane. One asks the other: 'Where are you going to?' The other woman haughtily replies: 'Don't you know you're not supposed to end sentences with a preposition?' The other woman says: 'Where are you going to, Bitch?'".


lmao..

You folks need a sense of humor! Lighten up! :oP
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wigsplitz
@: Gems
Don't you mean "lighten up, bitches"...?? lol.
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Gems
lol.... Right.
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wigsplitz
@: Gems
That was perfect!
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wigsplitz
@: Gems
I'm just waiting for a random dude to come here asking about how to properly describe his "hard on".
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Gems
lmaooooo......
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