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Navitasan Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Taking him out

Are these sentences correct:

1) Taking him out will be good for him.
2) To take him out will be good for him,
3) It will be good for him to take him out.

Obviously he is not going to take himself out.

Gratefully,
Navi.
  

Top answer

Yes, but the idiom "take sb out" could mean to eliminate them. (kill them or put them out of action) That's not particularly good for them except if it gets them away from a worse fate.

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  • Yes, but the idiom "take sb out" could mean to eliminate them.
  • (kill them or put them out of action) That's not particularly good for them except if it gets them away from a worse fate.
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Yes, but the idiom "take sb out" could mean to eliminate them. (kill them or put them out of action)
That's not particularly good for them except if it gets them away from a worse fate.
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I would reword the third sentence as, "It will be good for him to be taken out" (passive voice). It's correct as it is, but a little ambiguous.
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