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Galia Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary
expressions with hand
Hello,
I would like to ask you the following question- If I want to say that I delivered a box, and that the post gave it to the recipient (courier for example) directly- Can I say:
"The post tried to hand it to you on Friday"?
For me this sentence doesn't feel corect.
So, can you find a better way of saying this sentence for me?
Thank You,
Galia
I would like to ask you the following question- If I want to say that I delivered a box, and that the post gave it to the recipient (courier for example) directly- Can I say:
"The post tried to hand it to you on Friday"?
For me this sentence doesn't feel corect.
So, can you find a better way of saying this sentence for me?
Thank You,
Galia
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"To hand it to you" is ok is expressing a direct transfer of the parcel from one person to another, bu in the context of a failed delivery, I would expect the sentence to be "The postman/courier tried to hand it over to you on Friday".
- "To hand it to you" is ok is expressing a direct transfer of the parcel from one person to another, bu in the context of a failed delivery, I would expect the sentence to be "The postman/courier tried to hand it over to you on Friday".
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"To hand it to you" is ok is expressing a direct transfer of the parcel from one person to another, bu in the context of a failed delivery, I would expect the sentence to be "The postman/courier tried to hand it over to you on Friday".
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I have a question- (I'm not a native English speaker), I checked the dictionary, and found that to hand over is as if you give up something- like a teritory. I had the feeling that this one is the right saying, but the dictionary said something else. So, is it because the "it", that it's no longer that expression which means to give up something?
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The courier tried t deliver it to you last week.
'Post' - you can't use this noun to describe the person making a delivery.
hand to - this means physically pass something to someone. Using it in this sentence makes it sound as though the courier stood in front of the person trying to give them the item, but they refused to physically take hold of it.
'Post' - you can't use this noun to describe the person making a delivery.
hand to - this means physically pass something to someone. Using it in this sentence makes it sound as though the courier stood in front of the person trying to give them the item, but they refused to physically take hold of it.
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The post- I didn't mean the person, but the post office.
Hand over - does it mean to give up something or give somthing ?
Hand over - does it mean to give up something or give somthing ?
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