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Onizo Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Hit each other
The idea is to make two balls hit each other.
Do the following convey the same idea?
1. Hit each other.
2. Hit them each other.
Do the following convey the same idea?
1. Hit each other.
2. Hit them each other.
Top answer
e. hit other people in the pair or group. It cannot mean "Make two ***** hit each other".
- e.
- hit other people in the pair or group.
- It cannot mean "Make two ***** hit each other".
- (2) is ungrammatical.
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(1) is asking people to hit each other, i.e. hit other people in the pair or group. It cannot mean "Make two ***** hit each other".
(2) is ungrammatical.
(2) is ungrammatical.
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onizo The idea is to make two ***** hit each other.Do the following convey the same idea? 1. Hit each other.2. Hit them each other.No, they don't convey the same idea. The imperative is "Make [the two ***** / them] hit each other". There is no good shorter version.
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