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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
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In a movie a boy hands another a basket, and says, "Go dig us up some more fertilizer". Does that mean "Go dig up some more fertilizer for us"?


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anonymous In a movie a boy hands another a basket, and says, "Go dig us up some more fertilizer". Does that mean "Go dig up some more fertilizer for us"? Yes.

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  • anonymous In a movie a boy hands another a basket, and says, "Go dig us up some more fertilizer".
  • Does that mean "Go dig up some more fertilizer for us"?
  • Yes.
  • But depending on the variety of English it can also mean "Go dig up some more fertilizer as a favor to me" and it could imply that the speaker was simply trying to make the other boy stop bothering him.
  • The events in the movie might answer this question for you.
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anonymous

In a movie a boy hands another a basket, and says, "Go dig us up some more fertilizer". Does that mean "Go dig up some more fertilizer for us"?

Yes.

But depending on the variety of English it can also mean "Go dig up some more fertilizer as a favor to me" and it could imply that the speaker was simply trying to make the other boy stop

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anonymous"Go dig up some more fertilizer for us"?

Yes, it's the American English way of saying go and do something.

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