Question
11 Mar 2019
- Portuguese (Brazil)
-
English (US)
-
Spanish (Colombia)
Question about English (US)
What is the difference between tear up and teared up and torn up ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between tear up and teared up and torn up ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
Answers
When you "disagree" with an answer
The owner of it will not be notified.
Only the user who asked this question will see who disagreed with this answer.
11 Mar 2019
Featured answer
- English (US)
It depends.
Tear up is the first person singular present tense for "Teared Up," which is the past tense. It means to get tears (water) in your eyes from being emotional/sad. As in, "I tear up when I watch sad movies." "I teared up when she told me about her mother passing away."
Tear up is also the first person singular present tense of "Torn Up," which is the past tense. These mean to rip something up. as in "I tear up all my receipts before throwing them out." "I tore up all the pictures of him after what he did to me."
They are pronounced differently, though spelled the same.
The first one is "teer" like "deer" or "fear". The second one is "tair" like "air" or "fair"
Read more comments
- English (US)
It depends.
Tear up is the first person singular present tense for "Teared Up," which is the past tense. It means to get tears (water) in your eyes from being emotional/sad. As in, "I tear up when I watch sad movies." "I teared up when she told me about her mother passing away."
Tear up is also the first person singular present tense of "Torn Up," which is the past tense. These mean to rip something up. as in "I tear up all my receipts before throwing them out." "I tore up all the pictures of him after what he did to me."
They are pronounced differently, though spelled the same.
The first one is "teer" like "deer" or "fear". The second one is "tair" like "air" or "fair"
- Portuguese (Brazil)
@todigandbedug Wow I didn't know that, thanks a lot. The more I learn about English the more I realize how little about English I know.
- English (US)
@markbfc No problem. I just noticed that you asked about “torn up.” That’s actually the form of tear up/tore up that comes after “have.” Like, “He has torn up all the paperwork already.” It’s an irregular form like to go/went/gone, or to fall/fell/fallen
- Portuguese (Brazil)
@todigandbedug so, in this case I tear up / I tore up / I have torn up. The simple past of to tear up is to tore up, is that correct?
- Portuguese (Brazil)
@todigandbedug The original sentence I read though was "You're all torn up."
- English (US)
@markbfc I tear up/ I tore up / I have torn up is correct, yes. "You're all torn up" is different, however, haha. In that case, "torn up" is being used as an adjective. It means that you're sad or depressed or unhappy. It can also mean other things. To give you some context:
-"Did you hear that John's dog died the other day?"
-"Yeah, he's all torn up about it."
- Portuguese (Brazil)
@todigandbedug Oh dear... I'm going crazy with this language HAHAHAHA
[News] Hey you! The one learning a language!
Do you know how to improve your language skills❓ All you have to do is have your writing corrected by a native speaker!
With HiNative, you can have your writing corrected by native speakers for free ✍️✨.
With HiNative, you can have your writing corrected by native speakers for free ✍️✨.
Sign up
Related questions
- What is the difference between tear up and tear off and tear out ?
- What is the difference between tear and tear up ?
- What is the difference between tear and tear up ?
- What is the difference between tear up and rip up ?
- What is the difference between tear down and tear up ?
Similar questions
- What does "kept up his tear" mean? Lorenzo Cain hit a three-run homer, Norichika Aoki kept up ...
- What does tore up mean?
- What is the difference between tear and rip ?
Newest Questions
- What is the difference between Kids and Children ?
- What is the difference between She made me a dish served with raw onions. and She served me a dis...
- What is the difference between neglect and ignore ?
- What is the difference between after 10 days of being positve and after 10 days being positive ?
- What is the difference between present and gift ?
Topic Questions
- What is the difference between colleague and associate ?
- What is the difference between I am opposed and I am opposed to ~ and I am opposed by ~ ?
- What is the difference between Increase and Run up or Go up ?
- What is the difference between welcome and you're welcome and por q welcome significa bienveni...
- What is the difference between This is a picture of when you are at your grandmother's house and ...
Recommended Questions
- What is the difference between man and men ?
- What is the difference between at Monday and on Monday and in Monday ?
- What is the difference between hope everything goes well and hope everything's going well ?
- What is the difference between I'm down for it and I'm up for it ?
- What is the difference between tits and boobs ?
Previous question/ Next question
What’s this symbol?
The Language Level symbol shows a user's proficiency in the languages they're interested in. Setting your Language Level helps other users provide you with answers that aren't too complex or too simple.
-
Beginner
Has difficulty understanding even short answers in this language.
-
Beginner-Intermediate
Can ask simple questions and can understand simple answers.
-
Intermediate
Can ask all types of general questions and can understand longer answers.
-
Advanced
Can understand long, complex answers.
Sign up for premium, and you can play other user's audio/video answers.
Tired of searching? HiNative can help you find that answer you're looking for.
