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Bokeh Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

The opinion of another native speaker desired.

0"01i00My brother, Raymond Xxxx, has given me your details so I can introduce you to myself and my new personal project addressed to textile or fashion firms: 02i01a01i00www.xxxxxxxxx.com02i02a01i00."02i02br
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00I know this is grammatically ok but it sounds a bit wierd. How could I change it and without changing the meaning and still keep one sentence?0-
  

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0You introduce yourself to someone else, you don't introduce them to you. "0-

— Nona the brit

  • 0You introduce yourself to someone else, you don't introduce them to you.
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0You introduce yourself to someone else, you don't introduce them to you. The use of 'addressed' is also odd.02br
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01i00My brother, Raymond ***, has given me your details so I can introduce myself and my new personal project 01a01i01font00www.***.com02font02i02a00,
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01i00My brother, Raymond ***, has given me your 01b00contact 02b00details so that I can 01b00introduce myself and02b00 01a01b00www.***.com02b02a01b00,02b00 my new personal project addressed to textile and fashion firms.02br
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00Sorry,Nona-- I'm using the old slow computer at the school. 0-
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0Thanks to you both.01blockquote
01cite10nona the brit12cite10You introduce yourself to someone else, you don't introduce them to you.12blockquote
10Nona, why not? It works fine in the third person: 02br
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01i00I wanted to introduce you to Mr. Smith (himself) 02i02br
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0If you introduce X to Y, then you say "Y, I'd like you to meet X."02br
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00Let us say your name is Pat. 02br
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00I wanted to introduce you to Mr. Smith. "Mr. Smith, this is my friend Pat"02br
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00I wanted to introduce Mr. Smith to you. "Pat, this is my old teacher, Mr. Smith."02br
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00*I wanted to introd
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