Sit down, stand up, bend down
Why do we say, sit down, when the only way is to sit, cause if you not sitting you are standing. What happens when you bend, can we bend up? then why say down.
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...and... you can definitely stand down... a verb not necessarily along the lines of physical action - or motion - like standing up, but it certainly has its own different meaning.
More commonly, we use sit down.
When someone tells me to sit down then I know it's an order or command. Sit is more polite and usually used in expressing a welcome gesture in professional environments. But not always the case.
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We say Bend over, or Bend backwards / forrwards. Sit is an order, and often used when someone is annoyed, like a teacher to a student. We also use SIT when we ¨speak to our dogs. One of the first things we teach them to do is to SIT.
Sit down is a more appropriate approach and when one say bend they are using indirect speach
It is more common to say sit down, to bend is to incline the body downward from the vertical
Hi dear friend, Actually saying 'sit down' is more emphatic and mandatory. Saying 'sit' is more likely to be a polite invitation (of course not in all cases)
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