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Joseph A Posted 4 years ago
Grammar

Bring To Him Some Food

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Is it okay to use "to" before "him" in the following sentence?

The man asked David to bring to him some food.

Here by "to him", I mean "to the man".

  

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Joseph A Is it okay to use "to" before "him" in the following sentence? Yes and no. It is not incorrect, but it is quite unnatural.

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  • Joseph A Is it okay to use "to" before "him" in the following sentence?
  • Yes and no.
  • It is not incorrect, but it is quite unnatural.
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Joseph AIs it okay to use "to" before "him" in the following sentence?

Yes and no. It is not incorrect, but it is quite unnatural. If you change the order, it becomes natural: "The man asked David to bring some food to him."

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Joseph AIs it okay to use "to" before "him" in the following sentence?

Yes, it is. You may encounter such constructions in literary/religious texts, for example. Otherwise, "bring some food to him" is more straightforward and common.

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