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Deepcosmos Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

send someone shopping

Hello, everyone!

I found following paragraph ;

'I sent him shopping and he should have been back by now. He was getting some supplies for us.'

Regarding the sentence - 'I sent him shopping' I wonder how this syntex is possible? Is this sentence grammatically correct?

I guess the preposition FOR is still needed before shopping' to describe the purpose of 'send'.

Await your opinions,

Best RGDS
  

Top answer

‘I sent him to shop’ is less commonly said than ‘I sent him shopping’. It is idiomatic. The longer form would likely be, ‘I sent him to do some shopping’.

— Wilpeter

  • ‘I sent him to shop’ is less commonly said than ‘I sent him shopping’.
  • It is idiomatic.
  • The longer form would likely be, ‘I sent him to do some shopping’.
  • ’ Make whatever of it that you can, since it is idiom.
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‘I sent him to shop’ is less commonly said than ‘I sent him shopping’. It is idiomatic.
The longer form would likely be, ‘I sent him to do some shopping’.
‘I sent him on a mission’ + ‘to do some shopping.’
Make whatever of it that you can, since it is idiom.
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wilpeter‘I sent him to shop’ is less commonly said than ‘I sent him shopping’. It is idiomatic.
Many thanks for your immediate reply.
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