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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
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is it ok to say

some one asked the course catalog to be sent only to him
  

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Anonymous someone asked FOR the course catalog to be sent only to him Add 'for' if you mean that the person asked to be the only recipient of the catalog(ue). ' All three of these sound natural to an English ear.

— David Hatton

  • Anonymous someone asked FOR the course catalog to be sent only to him Add 'for' if you mean that the person asked to be the only recipient of the catalog(ue).
  • ' All three of these sound natural to an English ear.
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Anonymous someone asked FOR the course catalog to be sent only to him
Add 'for' if you mean that the person asked to be the only recipient of the catalog(ue). [English spelling is different from US on this one]

If he only wanted the catalogue, and didn't mind other people being sent things, use:

'Someone asked to only be sent the catalog.'
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