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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Gave and gave to
Hi. Please tell me if we can use "gave to us" and "gave us" in situations like the ones below interchangeably.
Here is the pen I gave your brother.
Please be at our place, the place you gave to us.
Here is the pen I gave your brother.
Please be at our place, the place you gave to us.
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Yes.
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Sorry, moli, but your point is wrong. Both forms are fine, though we often omit 'to'. Please notice that the original poster was interested specifically in 'this situation', and in this situation, both of these are correct English:
Here is the pen I gave to / gave your brother.
There is another situation in which 'to' is not natural: I gave your
Sorry, moli, but your point is wrong. Both forms are fine, though we often omit 'to'. Please notice that the original poster was interested specifically in 'this situation', and in this situation, both of these are correct English:
Here is the pen I gave to / gave your brother.
There is another situation in which 'to' is not natural: I gave your
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