one more question, may I?

Luba · Post by **Luba** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 1:37 pm

May I have one more question, please?

What is correct:
They offered us to drive us there.
They offered us to give us a lift.
They offered themselves to give us a lift/to drive us there.

I asked my students to translate a sentence and some of them wrote these sentences. For me, all of them are correct.

Thank you for your time and help.
Luba

Lorikeet · Post by **Lorikeet** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 3:39 pm

For me, "They offered us...." takes a noun, like, "They offered us some advice." "They offered us free tickets." For the other one, I would say, "They offered to drive us there." "They offered to give us a lift." "They offered to drive us there themselves."

To me all three of the examples sound "wrong." (American English)

Luba · Post by **Luba** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 11:23 am

o-oh, now I should feel pretty ashamed...and I actually do...

THANK YOU for your help.

Luba