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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

she'd poured [for]

I finished [off] the juice she'd poured [for] me.

1. What information does off provide?

2 What information does 'for' provide?

3 Are they needed?
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When you finish something off, you use the last of it. Do you want any more coffee before I finish it off? It sounds like this was the very last of the juice.

— BarbaraPA

  • When you finish something off, you use the last of it.
  • Do you want any more coffee before I finish it off?
  • It sounds like this was the very last of the juice.
  • At the very least, you drank every drop in the glass.
  • Or, maybe you'd been sipping on it for some time, and with one last swig, you finished it off.
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When you finish something off, you use the last of it. Do you want any more coffee before I finish it off? It sounds like this was the very last of the juice. At the very least, you drank every drop in the glass. Or, maybe you'd been sipping on it for some time, and with one last swig, you finished it off.

The for is optional.

I poured some jucie for you. I poured you some juice
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