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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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A tailor shortens pants
Does a tailor shorten pants?
How would you write this? I repeat "to do" twice.
My pants were holed at the bottom so I went to a tailor to get them shortened to get rid of the holes.
xoxo
How would you write this? I repeat "to do" twice.
My pants were holed at the bottom so I went to a tailor to get them shortened to get rid of the holes.
xoxo
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Hi, There were holes at the bottom of my pants, so I went to a tailor to shorten them. That way, I could get rid of the holes. Regards
- Hi, There were holes at the bottom of my pants, so I went to a tailor to shorten them.
- That way, I could get rid of the holes.
- Regards
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Hi,
There were holes at the bottom of my pants, so I went to a tailor to shorten them.
That way, I could get rid of the holes.
Regards
There were holes at the bottom of my pants, so I went to a tailor to shorten them.
That way, I could get rid of the holes.
Regards
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AnonymousDoes a tailor shorten pants?Yes, he does.
AnonymousMy pants were holed at the bottom so I went to a tailor to get them shortened to get rid of the holes.Repeating "to do" is not a problem. It's often unavoidable.
I'm not familiar with "to hole" as a verb.
(Well, my old American Heritage Dictionary
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Anonymous Does a tailor shorten pants?How would you write this? I repeat "to do" twice.My pants were holed at the bottom so I went to a tailor to get them shortened to get rid of the holes.xoxoThere is a phrasal verb for what tailors do to pants like yours, take up. You took your pants to the tailor's to have them taken up.
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