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Hans51 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
The word say with that clause and to somebody
He wants me to say that you can get what you want here to you.
I still do not know why to you in the sentence is not necessary or should we move it behind say like ...' say to you that you can...' or say followed by that clause is not natural with to somebody? Or only in the sentence, to you is not natural and then in other sentences with the word say, can we use to somebody? Could you give me some examples with direct and indirect speech?
Thank you so much in advance.
I still do not know why to you in the sentence is not necessary or should we move it behind say like ...' say to you that you can...' or say followed by that clause is not natural with to somebody? Or only in the sentence, to you is not natural and then in other sentences with the word say, can we use to somebody? Could you give me some examples with direct and indirect speech?
Thank you so much in advance.
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"say ... to you" is OK in a case such as "He wants me to say this to you". The problem in your sentence is that the intervening "that" clause disrupts the connection, so that "to you" gets lost or mixed up with the other clause.
- "say ...
- to you" is OK in a case such as "He wants me to say this to you".
- The problem in your sentence is that the intervening "that" clause disrupts the connection, so that "to you" gets lost or mixed up with the other clause.
- Even a short "that" clause would be disruptive in this respect; for example, even "He wants me to say that it's ready to you" is awkward.
- You can say: He wants me to say to you that you can get what you want here .
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"say ... to you" is OK in a case such as "He wants me to say this to you". The problem in your sentence is that the intervening "that" clause disrupts the connection, so that "to you" gets lost or mixed up with the other clause. Even a short "that" clause would be disruptive in this respect; for example, even "He wants me to say that it's ready to you" is awkward. You can say:
He wants
He wants
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