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Pleasehelp Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Drop off

I had to drop off a cake for a friend. Or

I had to drop off a cake to a friend.

Both ok?
  

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Both are okay, but different. "I had to drop off a cake for a friend" could mean, for example, that I had to drop off a cake at the school for a friend who had promised to make a cake but was unable to deliver it herself.

— Khoff

  • Both are okay, but different.
  • "I had to drop off a cake for a friend" could mean, for example, that I had to drop off a cake at the school for a friend who had promised to make a cake but was unable to deliver it herself.
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Both are okay, but different. "I had to drop off a cake for a friend" could mean, for example, that I had to drop off a cake at the school for a friend who had promised to make a cake but was unable to deliver it herself.
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