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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Is this sentence correct?

Sentence: Not all their bets paid/pay off surely.

Q: I need to use paid or pay in the sentence?

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Anonymous Not all their bets paid/pay off surely. Both are incorrect. Perhaps you mean Surely they haven't paid off all their debts.

— Cool Breeze

  • Anonymous Not all their bets paid/pay off surely.
  • Both are incorrect.
  • Perhaps you mean Surely they haven't paid off all their debts.
  • CB
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AnonymousNot all their bets paid/pay off surely.
Both are incorrect. Perhaps you mean Surely they haven't paid off all their debts.

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Cool Breeze AnonymousNot all their bets paid/pay off surely.Both are incorrect. Perhaps you mean Surely they haven't paid off all their debts. CB
How about this one: But surely not all their bets get paid off.

Is the above one right?
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You normally pay off debts, not bets.

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Bets can pay off.

I bet $100 dollars on a Trump victory at a time when nobody gave him the slightest chance. That bet really paid off!
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Cool BreezeYou normally pay off debts, not bets. CB
It is idiomatic English and that usage is used quite often in my region! I cannot believe you insist on using only debt with "pay off".
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Bets can indeed pay out:


And here are some of the 'outside bets' you can place playing roulette, applying to the boxes outside of the numbered grip on the roulette table:

  • A 1-18 bet is sometimes called a 'manqu?©' and pays out at 1
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fivejedjonBets can pay off .I bet $100 dollars on a Trump victory at a time when nobody gave him the slightest chance. That bet really paid off!
That sounds good. That intransitive use just didn't come to my mind.

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AnonymousI cannot believe you insist on using only debt with "pay off".
I haven't insisted on that.

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Cool Breeze AnonymousI cannot believe you insist on using only debt with "pay off".I haven't insisted on that.CB
But you said it twice! Now tell me my sentence is correct or not?
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AnonymousNow tell me my sentence is correct or not?
The intransitive use didn't cross my mind at first. By all means, use your sentences if you like.

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