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suhann
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in / out / up

Post by suhann »

Greetings!

Which one is correct :-

"Fill IN / OUT / UP the form."

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Post by googl »

Although I'm not a teacher, I'm sure it'll be "fill IN the form" (it means "write some information there"
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Post by Alan »

Fill IN a form - British English.
Fill OUT a form - American English.
They have exactly the same meaning!

('Fill up', however, has a rather different different meaning.)
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