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Vincent Teo

#406341 Sun, 19 Aug 07 07:29 AM

CAn I say,

(a) He climbed on the tree / branch.

He climbed up the tree to get a kite down / to get the kite on the branch.

He climbed up the tree to take back his kite.

He climbed up the tree to take his kite down.

Vincent Teo

Joined on Sat, Mar 31 2007

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Feebs11

#406382 Sun, 19 Aug 07 12:13 PM

Vincent Teo wrote:
CAn I say,

(a) He climbed on the ~~tree /~~ branch.

He climbed up the tree to get a kite down / to get the kite from the branch.

He climbed up the tree to take back his kite.

He climbed up the tree to take his kite down.

Otherwise ok.

Feebs11

Joined on Thu, Nov 23 2006

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GL2

#406391 Sun, 19 Aug 07 12:27 PM

You could say:

"He climbed the tree."

"He climbed up the tree."

"He climbed in the tree."

"He climbed on the tree branch."

I suppose if a tree fell over and a boy was climbing around on the fallen tree you could say, "He climbed on the tree," but you normally wouldn't use the preposition on here.

GL2

Joined on Sun, Aug 12 2007

Seattle, WA, USA

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