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Moon7296 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

arrange that/for

1.I've arranged that we can borrow their car.
2.I've arranged for us to be able to borrow their car.

Can I say no.2 instead of no.1?
  

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2 is better than 1. Better still is 'I've arranged to borrow their car'. Rover

— Rover_KE

  • 2 is better than 1.
  • Better still is 'I've arranged to borrow their car'.
  • Rover
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2 is better than 1.

Better still is 'I've arranged to borrow their car'.

Rover
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1.I've arranged that we can borrow their car. Awkward. I don't hear this grammatical pattern where I live.
2.I've arranged for us to be able to borrow their car. Arranging already implies ability, so 'to be able' is unnecessary.

These are better:

I've arranged for us to borrow their car.
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Oh.. its interesting to hear that no.1 is awkward seeing that is from a dictionary.
Can I take this as some dictionaries contain some awkward expressions ?
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You certainly can!

Which dictionary is it from?
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Oh ok. Thanks you for the information. I think you also saw lots of expressions that sound off to your ears.
The dictionary i used is this.
Oxford advance learner's dictionary.
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moon7296Oh.. its interesting to hear that no.1 is awkward seeing that is from a dictionary. Can I take this as some dictionaries contain some awkward expressions ?
I suppose the question is, "Awkward to whom?"

It may be that I haven't heard that sort of grammatical pattern because of where I live. Here among the English speakers in California, you do
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