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Chan-Seung Lee
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 Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:37 pm Post subject: personal |
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| Those fortunate enough to attend the exhibition will be able to view these vibrant, expressive paintings up close and personal. |
I saw the quote in a newspaper which made by Korean reporter. The bold part, 'personal' sounds awkward to me and I think that 'personal' should be changed to 'personally' or 'in person'.
Can you tell me if I'm right? If not, can you tell me why grammatically?
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CP
Joined: 12 Jun 2006
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I agree with you. The writer is using an expression that began with TV sports announcers at the Olympic Games, who put together little pieces on the athletes to tell about their lives. This was maybe from 1980 or so. They called the segments "Up Close and Personal." The phrase stuck for other uses.
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