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Park sang joon Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Send someone to do something
This novel is set in a Chinese village before World War One.
The protagonist lives with his wife, baby, and father, his wife was a maid with very rich family.
The province is suffering from a great famine.
Now Wang Lung's ox he had cared for as long as he could. He had given the beast a bit of straw and a handful of vines as long as these were gone. Then since there was no land to plough, since seed, if it were planted only dried in the earth, and since they had eaten all their seed, he turned the ox out to hunt for itself, sending the eldest boy to sit upon its back all day and hold the rope passed through its nostrils so that it would not be stolen.
[The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck]
I'd like to know what "send someone to do something" means.
Thank you in advance for your help.
The protagonist lives with his wife, baby, and father, his wife was a maid with very rich family.
The province is suffering from a great famine.
Now Wang Lung's ox he had cared for as long as he could. He had given the beast a bit of straw and a handful of vines as long as these were gone. Then since there was no land to plough, since seed, if it were planted only dried in the earth, and since they had eaten all their seed, he turned the ox out to hunt for itself, sending the eldest boy to sit upon its back all day and hold the rope passed through its nostrils so that it would not be stolen.
[The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck]
I'd like to know what "send someone to do something" means.
Thank you in advance for your help.
Top answer
He told the oldest boy to sit on the ox's back. He sent the ox away to look for food with the boy on his back. Other examples: The rescuers sent out the dogs to find people buried in the avalanche.
- He told the oldest boy to sit on the ox's back.
- He sent the ox away to look for food with the boy on his back.
- Other examples: The rescuers sent out the dogs to find people buried in the avalanche.
- The army sent (out) scouting parties to discover the enemy's positions.
- The sick woman sent her daughter out to buy food and medicine.
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He told the oldest boy to sit on the ox's back. He sent the ox away to look for food with the boy on his back.
Other examples:
The rescuers sent out the dogs to find people buried in the avalanche.
The army sent (out) scouting parties to discover the enemy's positions.
The sick woman sent her daughter out to buy food and medicine.
Other examples:
The rescuers sent out the dogs to find people buried in the avalanche.
The army sent (out) scouting parties to discover the enemy's positions.
The sick woman sent her daughter out to buy food and medicine.
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