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Maj Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

Turn down

-They had offered her such an interesting job that she would never turn it down.
-They had offered her such an interesting job that she would never turn down it.

Could you tell me why the second one doesn't sound good?
  

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Because the context doesn't fit, if you turn down it, it would have to be something like a road or some other path that you would turn down. Turn down the job would be ok though, so I'm thinking it has to do with it not being a noun.

— Migo

  • Because the context doesn't fit, if you turn down it, it would have to be something like a road or some other path that you would turn down.
  • Turn down the job would be ok though, so I'm thinking it has to do with it not being a noun.
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Because the context doesn't fit, if you turn down it, it would have to be something like a road or some other path that you would turn down. Turn down the job would be ok though, so I'm thinking it has to do with it not being a noun.
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i think the first sentence better becausewe hav to use turn beside it without separation
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Maj,
"turn down" is a phrasal verb. some of its characteristics are different from those of "prepositional verbs".
In phrasal verbs, the object when it is a pronoun will usually appear between the verb and the adverbial particle.
I have to get ready for work now; I'll give you a detailed explanation later.

Miriam
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