Tell it (to)
Hello,
My question is simple, I know you can't use tell with "to," but I've just seen a video called "Tell it to my hard heart."
And then there is this film called "Tell it Martin." Are both of these forms correct?
Thank you for any answers
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towel chalk 193 Tell it to my hard heart. OK. Usually 'tell' has a personal pronoun, as in "Tell me how to do this".
- towel chalk 193 Tell it to my hard heart.
- OK.
- Usually 'tell' has a personal pronoun, as in "Tell me how to do this".
- We do not say "Tell how to do this to me" or "Tell to me how to do this".
- But here it's not me, you, us , etc.
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towel chalk 193Tell it to my hard heart.
OK. Usually 'tell' has a personal pronoun, as in "Tell me how to do this". We do not say "Tell how to do this to me" or "Tell to me how to do this". But here it's not me, you, us, etc. It's 'my hard heart', which is a longer phrase, so we say "Tell it to my hard heart", not "Tell my hard heart it". So you
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