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Pamela81 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

To press someone for

Hi!

please tell me if is this sentence correct:

"It is a urgent matter so please if you haven´t got any feedback, try to press the responsable person for an answer"

I need to know if "to press someone for" or "make pressure on someone" has a sense or it is wrong

Thanks

PAMELA
  

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Not make pressure - apply pressure. Yes, to press someone for something means to apply pressure on someone for something.

— Holyduke

  • Not make pressure - apply pressure.
  • Yes, to press someone for something means to apply pressure on someone for something.
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Not make pressure - apply pressure.

Yes, to press someone for something means to apply pressure on someone for something.
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Thanks.

"I applayed pressure on him"

"I pressed him"

Both are correct then..

Regards

Pamela
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"I applied pressure on him."

For your sentences, I think "I pressed him for feedback(s) on ...) is a much better choice than "I applied pressure on him to give me feedback(s) on..."

PS. "put or place" pressure on someone also works.
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