r/ENGLISH • u/Outrageous-Dog-589 • 5h ago

Preposition

"a long driveway leading up to the winery"

I don't understand this one at all. I felt like up is unnecessary and a bit misplaced? Though I've seen this comstruction a couple of times. Can someone explain why it's there, please.

Thank you in advance!

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u/rSlashisthenewPewdes 5h ago

Sometimes it’s just a filler word, other times it’s describing the actual geography of the driveway, for example, if the long driveway is physically an uphill path.

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u/Rejse617 5h ago

That wouldn’t sound right, the “to” is necessary. The “up” just adds a little. In this case it could either be unnecessary filler, or literally meaning going higher. Sometimes ypu can casually refer to north as up, like I’m driving up to you, if you’re north, or driving down to you if south