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78 Up In The Air - Real life example by Stephanie Fuccio from the GEOPATS Podcast

The Vocab Man - Fluent Vocabulary

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What Is Up in the Air?

The vast majority of usage for up in the air is for things that are about to be known in the present and very near future. How can you have an uncertainty about the past, about a decision, or something that's going to happen? Let's try an example, and i'll show you why. Where i was going to live in 20 20 was up in theAir. So that's past tense rightin 20 20,. Can it still be up in the Air if that year already happened? No, because there's no uncertainty. The year's over and it all happened. It's not really something that could be in the past in that way. Ah, what i'm going

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