Paying a visit to
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Talking about what one usually does during the Christmas holidays, for instance, is it acceptable to ask:
'Do you pay a visit to anybody?' (I'm thinking about an opportunity to see some relatives you don't often meet) ?
I've searched for a sentence like that in Google, but I've found no result.
Thank you.
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' (I'm thinking about an opportunity to see some relatives you don't often meet) ? " Also, I paid her a visit, she paid them a visit, etc. This structure is not common, and I'd say it often carries a rustic or menacing tone.
- ' (I'm thinking about an opportunity to see some relatives you don't often meet) ?
- " Also, I paid her a visit, she paid them a visit, etc.
- This structure is not common, and I'd say it often carries a rustic or menacing tone.
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slocawber'Do you pay a visit to anybody?' (I'm thinking about an opportunity to see some relatives you don't often meet) ?
That is OK, but we (in the US, at least) normally put the indirect object first with "pay", "Do you pay anybody a visit?" Also, I paid her a visit, she paid them a visit, etc. This structure is not common, and I'd say it often carries a
0"Will you pay anyone a visit?" is the best version here.
Or, if you were being more informal:
"Are you seeing anyone?"
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