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Angliholic Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

We put the money you donated to good purpose/use.

We put the money you donated to good purpose/use. We used it to start a scholarship fund.

Do both of "purpose and use" fit in the above sample and mean about the same? Thanks.
  

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Hi, We put it to good use. It was for a good purpose. A.

— Avangi

  • Hi, We put it to good use.
  • It was for a good purpose.
  • A.
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Hi,

We put it to good use. It was for a good purpose.

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AvangiHi,

We put it to good use. It was for a good purpose.

A.

Thanks, Avangi.

I agree with you.

But the original uses "purpose," that is, "We put the money you donated to good purpose."

Does it sound odd?
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The sentence sounds fine to me.
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