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Preciousbunny Posted 16 years ago
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My question..please

It's talking about the janitor who is going to retiring this end of month and someone is going to give a gift to the janitor man.

So here is my question:in this sentence

I'll be collectiong money over the next week,so if you want to contribute something ,then I'll put it towards whatever we decide to get him.

I'll put it..here it refers to the money?why do you use towards here?
  

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Hi, It's talking about the janitor who is going to retiring this end of month and someone is going to give a gift to the janitor man. So here is my question:in this sentence I'll be collectiong money over the next week,so if you want to contribute something , then I'll put it towards whatever we decide to get him. here it refers to the money?

— Clive

  • Hi, It's talking about the janitor who is going to retiring this end of month and someone is going to give a gift to the janitor man.
  • So here is my question:in this sentence I'll be collectiong money over the next week,so if you want to contribute something , then I'll put it towards whatever we decide to get him.
  • here it refers to the money?
  • Yes why do you use towards here?
  • 'Put money towards something ' is rather idiomatic.
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Hi,

It's talking about the janitor who is going to retiring this end of month and someone is going to give a gift to the janitor man.

So here is my question:in this sentence

I'll be collectiong money over the next week,so if you want to contribute something ,then I'll put it towards whatever we decide to get him.

I'll put it..here it refers to the m
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The "then" is optional, BTW.

"Toward(s)" here means "as a part of," or "in the direction of reaching our goal," or something like that.

Yes, "it" refers to the money - the "something" you want to contribute.
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