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Hans51 Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
"Please, give me the money for the books you got from them by this Friday."
"Please, give me the money for the books you got from them by this Friday."
Is it okay that for the books and you got from them by this Friday each modify the money behind?
Or in this structure, you got from them by this Friday should modify the books because it is located right behind the books and then that is not what I want to mean.
Or is the sentence above unnatural to use?
Should it be "Please, give me the money you got from them for the books by this Friday."
What do you native English speakers think?
Thank you so much as usual in advance.
Is it okay that for the books and you got from them by this Friday each modify the money behind?
Or in this structure, you got from them by this Friday should modify the books because it is located right behind the books and then that is not what I want to mean.
Or is the sentence above unnatural to use?
Should it be "Please, give me the money you got from them for the books by this Friday."
What do you native English speakers think?
Thank you so much as usual in advance.
Top answer
" In that sentence, 'you got for them' seems to modify 'books'. In a conversation, it may be understandable, but careful recasting is called for in writing.
- " In that sentence, 'you got for them' seems to modify 'books'.
- In a conversation, it may be understandable, but careful recasting is called for in writing.
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Hans51Please, give me the money for the books you got from them by this Friday."In that sentence, 'you got for them' seems to modify 'books'. In a conversation, it may be understandable, but careful recasting is called for in writing.
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Thank you so much! And then could you give me a good sentence for the same meaning?
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By this Friday, please give me the book money you got from them.
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