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Elinor Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Buy ~ for ~

0 1. When are you going to buy me a car? 02br
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002. When are you going to buy for me a car? 02br
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003. When are you going to buy a car for me? 02br
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00Are these sentences correct? 02br
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" isn't correct. 02br 02br 00Because it's not saying "what you want to buy". 02br 00Besides, in this sentence, "a car" is modifying "me" and obviously it doesn't make sense then.

— Victorycountry

  • " isn't correct.
  • 02br 02br 00Because it's not saying "what you want to buy".
  • 02br 00Besides, in this sentence, "a car" is modifying "me" and obviously it doesn't make sense then.
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0 Hi, 02br
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00Only the second sentence "When are you going to buy for me a car?" isn't correct. 02br
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00Because it's not saying "what you want to buy". 02br
00Besides, in this sentence, "a car" is modifying "me" and obviously it doesn't make sense then. 0-
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0VC is right that 2 is wrong, but I think that it is just a problem of word order. It is not natural. 02br
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00Here's another example: 02br
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00'What are you going to buy for me?' 02br
00'I'm going to buy a car for you / I'm going to buy you a car.' 0-
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0 Hi, Mister Micawber. 02br
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00I have a question from the sentence in your reply . 02br
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00In"it is just a problem of word order", couldn't you rephrase it to a compound sentence such as "it is just a problem and it is word order." 02br
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00Thanks in advance. 0-
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00couldn't you rephrase it to "it is just a problem and it is word order."12blockquote
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00Not really, Victoria , because the problem 01b00is02b00 the word order. So Mr. M's sentence is correct. 02br
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00You could say "the problem is word order" 0-
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0 Thank you all. 0-
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