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Vincent Teo Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

offer his seat to / for

Do I say,

1 He offered his seat. (a complete sentence?)

2 He offered his seat to / for the lady.

3 He offered his seat to the grandmother.

4 The boy offered aunt a seat.
  

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Vincent Teo 1 He offered his seat. ) Yes, it can be a complete sentence. Vincent Teo 2 He offered his seat to / for the lady.

— Xerxes

  • Vincent Teo 1 He offered his seat.
  • ) Yes, it can be a complete sentence.
  • Vincent Teo 2 He offered his seat to / for the lady.
  • He offered his seat to the lady.
  • Vincent Teo 3 He offered his seat to the grandmother.
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Vincent Teo1 He offered his seat. (a complete sentence?)
Yes, it can be a complete sentence.
Vincent Teo2 He offered his seat to / for the lady.
He offered his seat to the lady.
Vincent Teo3 He offered his seat to the grandmother.
In this kind of structure, the definite article shou
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XerxesVincent Teo3 He offered his seat to the grandmother.In this kind of structure, the definite article should not be used. You need a possessive.E.g. "He offered his seat to his grandmother." "He offered his seat to my grandmother.
A an old lady gets on a crowded bus with her grandson. One of the passengers thinks about it for a minute and then decides to of
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Another passenger comments:
He offered his seat to the grandmother.

How does the passenger identify the woman as the boy's grandmother?

Clive
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CliveAnother passenger comments:He offered his seat to the grandmother.How does the passenger identify the woman as the boy's grandmother?Clive
e.g. the grandson saying to her "Grandma, are you OK?"

The point is that sentence is possible!
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Indeed.
My small point was that one cannot identify a woman as a grandmother simply by looking at her.
That's all.
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