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Tinanam0102 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Withdraw / back off / take back
Hi teachers,
Can you please check the usage in each sentence, and see if it is correct?
1. I have already promised them I'll go to dinner at their place. I can't tell them I'm not going now. (coming?)
2. I have already promised them I'll go to dinner at their place. I can't take that back now.
3. I have already promised them I'll go to dinner at their place. I can't withdraw now.
4. I have already promised them I'll go to dinner at their place. I can't back off now.
5. I have already promised them I'll go to dinner at their place. I can't get out of it now.
Thank you.
Tinanam
Can you please check the usage in each sentence, and see if it is correct?
1. I have already promised them I'll go to dinner at their place. I can't tell them I'm not going now. (coming?)
2. I have already promised them I'll go to dinner at their place. I can't take that back now.
3. I have already promised them I'll go to dinner at their place. I can't withdraw now.
4. I have already promised them I'll go to dinner at their place. I can't back off now.
5. I have already promised them I'll go to dinner at their place. I can't get out of it now.
Thank you.
Tinanam
Top answer
1 going 2, 3, and 4 aren't natural. 5 correct Withdraw is more for stopping an activity you are alread involved in. ] Back off is to remove oneself from a situation, possibly because of a threat.
- 1 going 2, 3, and 4 aren't natural.
- 5 correct Withdraw is more for stopping an activity you are alread involved in.
- ] Back off is to remove oneself from a situation, possibly because of a threat.
- ] These are not hard and fast usages.
- They're just what come to my mind as possible explanations.
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1 going
2, 3, and 4 aren't natural.
5 correct
Withdraw is more for stopping an activity you are alread involved in. [He withdrew his candidacy for president.]
Back off is to remove oneself from a situation, possibly because of a threat. [The thug backed off when he heard the police sirens.]
These are not hard and fast usages. They're jus
2, 3, and 4 aren't natural.
5 correct
Withdraw is more for stopping an activity you are alread involved in. [He withdrew his candidacy for president.]
Back off is to remove oneself from a situation, possibly because of a threat. [The thug backed off when he heard the police sirens.]
These are not hard and fast usages. They're jus
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Hi Philip,
Thank you for answering my question. I have one question regarding "can't get out of it".
I have already promised to go to dinner at their house. I can't get out of it.
Does this elude that "I don't really want to go, but in that situation in which I have promised someone then I have to go"? If you could not go, you wouldn't go at all? Simply you couldn't
Thank you for answering my question. I have one question regarding "can't get out of it".
I have already promised to go to dinner at their house. I can't get out of it.
Does this elude that "I don't really want to go, but in that situation in which I have promised someone then I have to go"? If you could not go, you wouldn't go at all? Simply you couldn't
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