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Newguest Posted 18 years ago
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Hi

Is this sentence OK:

1. If you buy one, you get another for free. (how about "the other"?)

Thanks
  

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"the other" doesn't work here, because it means a specific object, not "any one" identical to the first one. Another is correct.

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  • "the other" doesn't work here, because it means a specific object, not "any one" identical to the first one.
  • Another is correct.
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"the other" doesn't work here, because it means a specific object, not "any one" identical to the first one.
Another is correct.
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Hi

Well, I guess that if I were buying just one shoe then they would tell me "If you buy this one shoe you will get the OTHER for free"
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Hi,
'For free' has been said so often and for so long that I think some people would say it is now standard.
Other people still wince on hearing this phrase.

Best wishes, Clive
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So I understand that both "for free" and "free" are correct?
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Newguest
Well, I guess that if I were buying just one shoe then they would tell me "If you buy this one shoe you will get the OTHER for free"
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Hi,

So I understand that both "for free" and "free" are correct? As I said, some people would say it is now standard. And some people wouldn't.

Well, I guess that if I were buying just one shoe then they would tell me "If you buy this one shoe you will get the OTHER for free"
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Oh Newguest - that is so funny! I am still laughing!
If I went to the shoe store and they said, "If you buy this shoe, you get another for free," then I would have to think if I wanted a left one or a right one.Maybe it would be a good deal for a one-legged person, but they would have to find another one-legged person of the opposite variety.

Now if he said, if you buy this shoe, y
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