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Rex Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

From or using

01. I bought a car from my hard earned money.02br
002. I bought a car using my harde earned money.02br
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00Are both of the sentences fine? I am not sure about the first sentence.02br
00Is it necessary to write hard-earned here?0-
  

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0Hi,02br 02br 01font 001. 00 This a less common thing to say. 'From' makes us think of your had-earned money as a 'store of money' from which you took some.

— Clive

  • 0Hi,02br 02br 01font 001.
  • 00 This a less common thing to say.
  • 'From' makes us think of your had-earned money as a 'store of money' from which you took some.
  • 02br 002.
  • 02br 02br 00Are both of the sentences fine?
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0Hi,02br
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01font001. I bought a car from my hard earned money.00 This a less common thing to say. 'From' makes us think of your had-earned money as a 'store of money' from which you took some. 02br
002. I bought a car using my hard earned money.00 'Using' suggests tthe possibility that you had no money left afterwards.02br
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0 Thanks Clive02br
00You can take a bank loan and buy a car.02br
00In my case, I didn't borrow money from a bank. It was my money or rather my hard-earned money.02br
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00If someone asks how did I finance the purchase of the new car, I think I could use either first or second sentence.02br
00The point is that I must tell him it was my own
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0Hi,02br
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01font00You can take a bank loan and buy a car. 00You usually01i00 get 02i00or 01i00take out02i00 a bank loan.02br
00In my case, I didn't borrow money from a bank. It was my money or rather my hard-earned money.02br
02br
00If someone asks how did I finance
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0 Thanks Clive02br
00Being a native speaker, you wouldn't say I took a bank loan. 02br
01b00Should it be I took out a bank loan?02b00 I mean you borrowed some money from a bank to buy a car or something else.02br
01b00Afterwards, you wouldn't say I took a bank loan, would you?02br
02b02br
00By the way, you
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1font00Hi,02font02br
02br
00Being a native speaker, you wouldn't say I took a bank loan. 02br
01b00Should it be I took out a bank loan?02b01font00 Yes 02font00I mean you borrowed some money from a bank to buy a car or something else.02br
01b00Afterw
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