Which sentences are correct?

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1- When will you pay it back?

2- When will you pay back it ?

3- I will give it to you.

4- I will give you it.

I go for 1 & 3. I wonder if 2 & 4 are OK in informal English.

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Omar Ahmed1- When will you pay it back?

Correct.

Omar Ahmed2- When will you pay back it?

Incorrect. A noun (rather than pronoun) object would be correct in this position: "When will you pay back the loan?"

Omar Ahmed3- I will give it to you.

Correct.

Omar Ahmed4- I will give you it.

Native speakers do say this, but it is not the greatest English, especially when written down. Again, it would be fine with a noun object, e.g. "I will give you the key".

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