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2cool2hear Posted 14 years ago
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"I talked to him into doing it for free" vs "I talked him into doing it for free"

"I talked to him into doing it for free" or "I talked him into doing it for free", please tell me which one is right and why?

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2cool2hear I talked him into doing it for free Use this one. The idiom is "to talk someone into doing something". There is no "talk to" in the idiom.

— CalifJim

  • 2cool2hear I talked him into doing it for free Use this one.
  • The idiom is "to talk someone into doing something".
  • There is no "talk to" in the idiom.
  • The words of an idiom cannot be changed.
  • CJ
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2cool2hearI talked him into doing it for free
Use this one. The idiom is "to talk someone into doing something". There is no "talk to" in the idiom. The words of an idiom cannot be changed.

CJ
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