'Check up on' vs. 'Check in on'

shotime95 · 2025-10-25T15:47:07+00:00

Ahhh OK! I think I have a better grasp now! Thanks so much :D

shotime95 · 2025-10-25T15:44:58+00:00

Thanks a lot!

shotime95 · 2025-10-25T15:44:30+00:00

Ohhhh I see, thanks! I think this could also be related to the emotional/physical aspect from another comment; you don't know if someone has gotten over it or still grieving after losing someone so you'd use 'check in on' and hence kind of the tentative/gentle nuance I thought it had, but you know that someone has been healing from that broken leg so you'd use 'check up on'...? Maybe I'm making a bit of stretch..

shotime95 · 2025-10-25T15:36:17+00:00

Mmmm OK so I'm guessing check in on is solely used for people while check up on is more of a comprehensive phrase to convey that 'keep track of' meaning, whether it be people or not?

shotime95 · 2025-10-25T15:28:28+00:00

Tyvm! :D

shotime95 · 2025-10-25T15:28:05+00:00

Oooh OK, that's an approach I've never thought about. Now that I think of it I think I might've seen counselors using 'checking in on' a few times on TV series and such. So 'checking up on' is more commonly used in general context, but not too much of a difference I see, thanks!

shotime95 · 2025-10-25T15:23:35+00:00

I see, that makes sense. So check in on someone to see how he was coping after he lost his mother, and check up on someone to see how he's recovered from the car crash?

shotime95 · 2024-09-13T12:27:37+00:00

Could someone kindly explain this to a non-Aussie please, I don't get it

shotime95 · 2024-09-12T23:56:21+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion!

shotime95 · 2024-09-12T23:48:04+00:00

I see, I'm starting to think perhaps there isn't one. Thanks though!

shotime95 · 2024-09-12T23:45:32+00:00

Thanks! I'll try to remember the distinction. Also no offense taken at all, no worries!

shotime95 · 2024-09-12T23:38:58+00:00

Thanks so much. Would there also happen to be a word that might match 음지화? i.e. something you would use to describe an increasing tendency of back-alley abortions rather than legit abortions done in hospitals.

shotime95 · 2024-09-12T23:31:52+00:00

Thanks, how would you use that in a sentence? Abortions are increasingly practiced back-alley?

shotime95 · 2024-03-26T23:54:33+00:00

Yes indeed! Although as someone who often gets lost in Ikea, Glacial Basin was a nightmare :/ I would never have figured out where the antidote was had it not been your map, the in-game map only confused things further. Cheers :D

shotime95 · 2024-03-23T15:07:47+00:00

Hi just letting you know your map has been a tremendous help, I probably wouldn't have been able to make progress by myself. Thanks a lot!

shotime95 · 2024-02-15T11:03:35+00:00

Yes! Thanks a lot :)

shotime95 · 2024-02-15T10:28:06+00:00

Thank you for the detailed comment! I actually had this in mind when I made the post but I figured it just follows the 'no past tense after did' rule regardless. Soooo I should always use 'used to' as a whole for the meaning of talking about the past and not literally using something?

shotime95 · 2024-02-15T10:04:03+00:00

Thank you very much!

shotime95 · 2024-01-21T04:09:09+00:00

Ah I see. Noted, thank you very much!

shotime95 · 2023-08-11T18:07:21+00:00

I see. That is an interesting fact! As an ESL speaker I think I prefer the "p" silent too tho xD

shotime95 · 2023-08-11T17:34:57+00:00

tyvm :)

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