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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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Hi,
"Since you're already going downstairs, can you go through the secretary to ask if we have a day off tomorrow?"
"Since you're already going downstairs, can you go through the secretary to ask if we have a day off tomorrow?"
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" You normally 'go through someone' to contact someone else. Here, it sounds like you mean simply 'ask the secretary'. Clive
- " You normally 'go through someone' to contact someone else.
- Here, it sounds like you mean simply 'ask the secretary'.
- Clive
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Hi,
"Since you're already going downstairs, can you go through the secretary to ask if we have a day off tomorrow?"
You normally 'go through someone' to contact someone else.
Here, it sounds like you mean simply 'ask the secretary'.
Clive
"Since you're already going downstairs, can you go through the secretary to ask if we have a day off tomorrow?"
You normally 'go through someone' to contact someone else.
Here, it sounds like you mean simply 'ask the secretary'.
Clive
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I'm sorry, but I don't understand.
You use "through" sometimes as a way to contact someone else. "I'll be on the road, but you can reach me through my secretary."
Your sentence sounds like the person should walk through the secretary as though he or she were a doorway.
You use "through" sometimes as a way to contact someone else. "I'll be on the road, but you can reach me through my secretary."
Your sentence sounds like the person should walk through the secretary as though he or she were a doorway.
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