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HSS Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Through

0A friend of mine sometimes say something like02br
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00"I will do it through there" for "I will do it there" (there = in the room)02br
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00"I will come through here later" for "I will come here later" (here = in the room).02br
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00Is this use of "through" regional to some place? He has been raised in Australia, and his parents are from Scotland.02br
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0 I'm not sure if it's regional, but both are common in British English. 0-

— Nona the brit

  • 0 I'm not sure if it's regional, but both are common in British English.
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0 I'm not sure if it's regional, but both are common in British English. 0-
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0Is that right, Nona? How do you use it? I mean they both do not mean from one end to the other. Both "through" simply mean "in." Would you please let me see more examples with "through" meaning this?02br
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0"I will do it through there" for "I will do it there" (there = in the room)02br
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00This works because you have to travel 'through' the doorway/entrance into the other room.02br
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00or02br
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00"I will come through here later" for "I will come here later" (here = in the room).02br
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00This means that the
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0How about, "They are talking about it through there"? I don't feel the sense of travelling 'through' with this.02br
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00Best,02br
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