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Quaerereverum Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Out of your pocket

Hello,

Devan: That is a ludicrous expense. Are you going to pay for that out of your own pocket? Could you please explane why the preposition should be out of not from of?

If I say ''to pay from your own pocket,Is it wrong?

Thanks in advance.
  

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Hi, Pay for something from your own pocket is not incorrect. But Pay for something out of your own pocket is a common and idiomatic phrase. Clive.

— Clive

  • Hi, Pay for something from your own pocket is not incorrect.
  • But Pay for something out of your own pocket is a common and idiomatic phrase.
  • Clive.
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Hi,

Pay for something from your own pocket is not incorrect.

But Pay for something out of your own pocket is a common and idiomatic phrase.

Clive.
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