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Debpriya De Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Put across

"I put my views across to my parents." Is this sentence correct ? Can we put across our views or feelings to somebody ?
  

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Greetings, there is nothing incorrect about the usage in your sentence. As you know, it means that you succeeded in communicating your ideas in a comprehensible way to your parents. Additionally, the phrasal verb is often used without the following prepositional to- phrase: He has taken out a half-page advertisement in his local paper to put his point across ...

  • Greetings, there is nothing incorrect about the usage in your sentence.
  • As you know, it means that you succeeded in communicating your ideas in a comprehensible way to your parents.
  • Additionally, the phrasal verb is often used without the following prepositional to- phrase: He has taken out a half-page advertisement in his local paper to put his point across ...
  • This, however, does not at all mean that the above is the only option, and of course the preposition to is in the right place in your sentence.
  • Respectfully, Gleb Chebrikoff
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Greetings,

there is nothing incorrect about the usage in your sentence. As you know, it means that you succeeded in communicating your ideas in a comprehensible way to your parents. Additionally, the phrasal verb is often used without the following prepositional to-phrase:

He has taken out a half-page advertisement in his local paper to put his point across...

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