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return me the CD
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 1:49 am
by Itasan
1. He hasn't yet returned me the CD I lent him last month.
2. He hasn't yet returned the CD....
3. He hasn't yet returned the CD to me that....
Is the first sentence correct?
Thank you.
Re: return me the CD
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 3:53 am
by tigertiger
Itasan wrote:1. He hasn't yet returned me the CD I lent him last month.
2. He hasn't yet returned the CD....
3. He hasn't yet returned the CD to me that....
Is the first sentence correct?
Thank you.
to a BrE speaker, this sounds horrific.
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 9:32 am
by Lorikeet
Sounds bad to me too!
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 5:06 pm
by sbourque
And yet, if we use "give back" instead of "return", it's OK.
"He hasn't yet given me back the CD..."
Why is that? Is this just another of those "because that's the way it is" things?
Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 3:01 pm
by tigertiger
sbourque wrote:And yet, if we use "give back" instead of "return", it's OK.
"He hasn't yet given me back the CD..."
Why is that? Is this just another of those "because that's the way it is" things?
If you don't split the 'give back'/'given back', it still sounds horriffic with 'me'.
If you split it and use 'me' it is still wrong.
Re: return me the CD
Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 3:03 pm
by tigertiger
Itasan wrote:
3. He hasn't yet returned the CD to me that .
Would be better with a comma
He hasn't yet returned the CD to me, that I lent him last month.
IMHO
Re: return me the CD
Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 6:50 pm
by Amy_H
tigertiger wrote:
Would be better with a comma
He hasn't yet returned the CD to me, that I lent him last month.
IMHO
No comma!
I would prefer to eliminate the words "to me" completely (as in example #2):
He hasn't yet returned the CD (that) I lent him last month.
The idea of "to me" is already understood in the sentence (thanks to the "I lent him last month" clause) and "to me" is therefore completely and utterly unnecessary. The word "that" is optional.
IMHO
Regards
Amy
return me the CD
Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 8:46 am
by Itasan
Thank you very much, everybody.