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Guyper Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

To offer

1. "I offer to take care of your belongings"

2. "I offered to take care of his belongings to him"

3. "I offer you the caring of your belongings"

4. "Taking care of my belongings was offered by him"

Hi, how many are grammatically correct?

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Hi 1. I offer to take care of your belongings" Correct 2. "I offered to take care of his belongings to him " The portion in bold is not needed .

— Vsuresh

  • Hi 1.
  • I offer to take care of your belongings" Correct 2.
  • "I offered to take care of his belongings to him " The portion in bold is not needed .
  • 3.
  • "I offer you the caring of your belongings" Sounds odd 4.
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Hi

1. I offer to take care of your belongings" Correct

2. "I offered to take care of his belongings to him" The portion in bold is not needed.

3. "I offer you the caring of your belongings" Sounds odd

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The first one is OK. The second one can be fixed by replacing "to him" with "for him", but it doesn't really add anything to the meaning.

3. and 4., while grammatically correct, are very unlikely to be said. As for 4., avoid the passive voice when possible.
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