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Mashmellow

#413055 Sun, 02 Sep 07 01:04 PM

"someone is being liquored up" does it mean that someone is drunk? thank you

Mashmellow

Joined on Wed, Mar 15 2006

melbourne

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Eng_teach_in_germany

#413057 Sun, 02 Sep 07 01:20 PM

Hi Marshmellow,

I would say:

"..someone is liquored up" (without 'being')..

For example: "They are liquored up and causing trouble in the town"
(They are drunk and causing trouble in the town).

Eng_teach_in_germany

Joined on Sat, May 20 2006

Germany

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Grammar Geek

#413133 Sun, 02 Sep 07 04:44 PM

I completely agree. if you use "being" it sounds like someone else is trying to get that person drunk, and that doesn't work well with liquored up. Then you'd just say "He's trying to get her drunk."

Grammar Geek

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Pennsylvania, USA

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Barbara, who answers in American English.

Eng_teach_in_germany

#413280 Sun, 02 Sep 07 08:39 PM

The verb is of course 'to be liquored up' ('to be drunk').. perhaps there was some confusion between 'is being' and 'to be'.

However we say, 'She is drunk' not 'She is being drunk.'