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Message from a_limon posted on 10-07-2012 at 20:20:44
Hello!
Could you tell me please which phrase is better to use in the sentences in blue colour?
I have read your strange letter already.
And now I'm sitting,drinking a cup of coffee and thinking about what to answer to you(reply to you?)I really don't know what to answer(reply) to you. But I know that I will find something to answer to you
Thank you in advance.
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Edited by a_limon on 10-07-2012 20:22
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Edited by lucile83 on 10-07-2012 21:06
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Edited by lucile83 on 11-07-2012 17:48
Message from a_limon posted on 10-07-2012 at 20:20:44
Hello!
Could you tell me please which phrase is better to use in the sentences in blue colour?
I have read your strange letter already.
And now I'm sitting,drinking a cup of coffee and thinking about what to answer to you(reply to you?)I really don't know what to answer(reply) to you. But I know that I will find something to answer to you
Thank you in advance.
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Edited by a_limon on 10-07-2012 20:22
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Edited by lucile83 on 10-07-2012 21:06
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Edited by lucile83 on 11-07-2012 17:48
Re: Answer /reply by lucile83, posted on 10-07-2012 at 21:05:22
Hello,
Have a look here:
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Answer is a transitive verb.
Another link to read the difference:
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As I already told you, please research all that by yourself; yes you can!
Re: Answer /reply by a_limon, posted on 10-07-2012 at 23:41:45
Hello!
But,in the example given there When questioned, Hughes answered that he knew nothing about the robbery.
How much was it? Come on, answer me. "answer me" is written without to "answer to me".
Re: Answer /reply by lucile83, posted on 10-07-2012 at 23:56:21
Yes but.............answer may be transitive or intransitive.
Re: Answer /reply by a_limon, posted on 11-07-2012 at 00:15:03
Hello,
Answer me my letter (give me the answer on my letter)OR Answer my letter to me?(trans)
Without the direct (my letter):Answer to me (intrans). In this case we have other sense of "answer" already.
Re: Answer /reply by notrepere, posted on 11-07-2012 at 05:58:37
HelloYou could say "answer me my letter", but me and my are redundant in the same sentence and the 'me' is assumed.
You could just say: Answer my letter.
However, it is more polite to say: Would you answer my letter, please?
Re: Answer /reply by a_limon, posted on 11-07-2012 at 14:14:13
Hello,notrepere, and thank you for your answer.
But,could you tell me please whether one asks the same question Would you answer my letter, please? using only "me" without "my letter".
"Would you answer to me,please?"
Or "answer to me" in this case has the other meaning?
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Edited by lucile83 on 11-07-2012 14:57
Re: Answer /reply by notrepere, posted on 11-07-2012 at 14:38:45
Hello
No, you would say 'would you answer me'
Re: Answer /reply by a_limon, posted on 11-07-2012 at 16:18:54
Hello,
One question more...If I wrote the letter to someone and asked someone to write to me back as quickly as possible, could I ask someone to reply to me as fast as possible. Or I must only ask someone to answer me?
Re: Answer /reply by a_limon, posted on 11-07-2012 at 16:31:34
PS..I really have a problem with understanding when personal pronouns or names of people are used as direct objects after "answer".
I can acсept them after "answer" only as indirect objects. Answer(to whom) to me.
Re: Answer /reply by lucile83, posted on 11-07-2012 at 16:47:10
Hello,
could I ask someone to reply to me as fast as possible. Or I must only ask someone to answer me?
You should say:
- please answer me as soon as possible/as fast as possible
or
-please reply to me as soon as possible/as fast as possible
I don't think anybody would change the English grammar rules just for you!
Then I suggest you should learn English without splitting hairs.
Re: Answer /reply by a_limon, posted on 11-07-2012 at 17:02:55
But when I study English,the rules I face seem rules not without splitting hairs too.
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Edited by lucile83 on 11-07-2012 17:44
