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Redundancy Entry 824 / 1605 60-second read

Ascend up vs. Ascend

Ascend is upward.

The comparisoni

✗ Wrong

“They ascended up the stairs.”

✓ Correct

“They ascended the stairs.”

The ruleii

ASCEND = go up.

AD- prefix implies upward motion.

Memory aidiii

Remember it like this

Up is baked in."

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