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Moon7296 Posted 12 years ago
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pay for

1. Since we live in a world where living expenses are high, we have to work hard to pay all kinds of payments such as for gas and rent.

Q) Is "for" necessary in #1?
Q2) If so, can I say like this?
2. Since we live in a world where living expenses are high, we have to work hard to pay for all kinds of payments such as gas and rent.
  

Top answer

moon7296 Q) Is "for" necessary in #1? No. moon7296 Q2) If so, can I say like this?

  • moon7296 Q) Is "for" necessary in #1?
  • No.
  • moon7296 Q2) If so, can I say like this?
  • Yes, but the repetition of "pay/payment" is stylistically poor.
  • Since we live in a world where living expenses are high, we have to work hard to afford the necessities such as gas and rent.
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moon7296Q) Is "for" necessary in #1?
No.
moon7296Q2) If so, can I say like this?
Yes, but the repetition of "pay/payment" is stylistically poor.

Since we live in a world where living expenses are high, we have to work hard to afford the necessities such as gas and rent.
Since we live in a world where living expe

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