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Pay TO sb X pay sb?

0 Hello, I would like to know if there is any rule when to use e.g. "Pay TO him" and when "Pay him" (=give him the money). Are both possibilities correct? Is there any difference between them (style, meaning?)? Or it completely doesn't matter which possibility I choose? 02br
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00Lucie 0-
  

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0 Hi Lucie 02br 02br 00you pay someone (for something): I paid him 400 bucks (for repairing the car) 02br 00you pay something to someone: I paid 400 bucks to him for repairing the car 02br 00both are correct and have the same meaning, but i'd say the first one is more often used. 0-

— Amandine

  • 0 Hi Lucie 02br 02br 00you pay someone (for something): I paid him 400 bucks (for repairing the car) 02br 00you pay something to someone: I paid 400 bucks to him for repairing the car 02br 00both are correct and have the same meaning, but i'd say the first one is more often used.
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0 Hi Lucie 02br
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00you pay someone (for something): I paid him 400 bucks (for repairing the car) 02br
00you pay something to someone: I paid 400 bucks to him for repairing the car 02br
00both are correct and have the same meaning, but i'd say the first one is more often used. 0-
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0 Lucie, Amandine, 02br
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00I'd say the first is much, much more often used. 02br
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00I paid him 400 bucks. 12br
10I paid 400 bucks to him.12blockquote
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00"Him" is indirect object. When it follows the verb, you don't use "to". When you put the direct object first (400 bucks), you use "to" before the indirect object. 0-
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0 Good point, Miche, as there are plenty of verbs that are concerned with the query as the guest raised. 0-
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