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MyShirley Posted 20 years ago
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put on

You need to put on the belt.

Is it correct to use put on?

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MyShirley You need to put on the belt. Is it correct to use put on? thanks It's perfectly correct.

— Philip

  • MyShirley You need to put on the belt.
  • Is it correct to use put on?
  • thanks It's perfectly correct.
  • In AE you would more often hear "you need to put the belt on", because we seem to love ending sentences in prepositions.
  • [However, there are some, myself included, who would claim that this is not a case of a preposition, but rather a two-word verb.
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MyShirleyYou need to put on the belt.

Is it correct to use put on?

thanks
It's perfectly correct. In AE you would more often hear "you need to put the belt on", because we seem to love ending sentences in prepositions. [However, there are some, myself included, who would claim that this is not a case of a preposi
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