I think that they are different, but I cannot keep in mind tightly....
play it? play with it?
for example,
A---I play my dog
B---I play with my dog?
Is it true that for A, I am taking my dog as a toy and the dog is my focus. While for B, maybe I am running with my dog, I am swimming with my dog right?
Does A carry any humiliation?
For example if I say
I play her (Is it a kind of humiliation, violation, or sex crime I am doing to her if I say this?)
You play a game or a musical instrument. They played [baseball / checkers / cards / the piano / the trumpet]. You play with a pet or with companions.
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You play a game or a musical instrument.
They played [baseball / checkers / cards / the piano / the trumpet].
You play with a pet or with companions.
They played with [the cat / the dog / their friends].
You can combine them:
They played baseball with their friends.
They played cards with the neighbors.
They played "Go, fetch" with