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Mary W. Ng



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PostPosted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 1:54 pm    Post subject: Re: adverbs or prepositions? Reply with quote
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Why not? To me "talk into something" doesn't mean much.

In the following sentences, talk means "to achieve something by talking".
1. He talked her into coming to Venice.
2. They talked him out of buying the computer.
3. She talked me to sleep. Smile
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