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2013年1月9日 · Give me the car. Give the car to me. La unica diferencia que noto yo, es 'give me it' suena un poco más imperativo que 'give it to me', aunque las dos son ordenes, 'to me' mantiene un poco más corteza que 'give me'... sobre todo el …
etymology - Why do we say “give me five”? - English Language
Give me five, (together with its main variants such as slap me five, give me a five etc.) is a very common way greet or celebrate asking someone to hit their open hand against yours. Give me five! (mainly AmE, informal): People say give me five! to show that they want you to hit your hand against their hand to show you are pleased about something.
grammaticality - Is it incorrect to say, 'Give me it'? - English ...
2015年8月8日 · "Give me it" sounds very odd in Standard English, but so does "give it me". If you want to be on the safe side, I would go with "give it to me". There are, however, dialects where "give me it" and "give it me" are acceptable or even preferred, see e.g. this BBC article:
gave to me vs. gave me - WordReference Forums
2010年3月31日 · This is just a very small example to give you an idea of when it is certainly better to add the "to": he gave me an apple he gave an apple to me I'll give him the book I'll give the book to him Other than that, you could provide context and each case will be considered separately. Hope that helps a bit.
Give it to me vs. Give it me vs. Give me it - WordReference Forums
2021年5月7日 · (1) Give it to me. (2) Give it me. (3) Give me it. I would say only (1). I've heard (3), but am not sure if I would say it myself. I've never heard (2), nor would I say it. To my surprise, though, this Ngram says that (2) has been more productive than (3) since forever. What should I …
give me a drive/lift/ride home | WordReference Forums
2007年9月22日 · "Give me a drive home" sounds odd to me, while using "lift" or "ride" is fine in that sentence. As others have said, "Can I ride you home?" doesn't work, unless you're talking to a horse who can understand English!
pass me a ... /give me a ..... / hand me a .... - WordReference Forums
2021年5月1日 · Hello, I work in a kindergarten in China. Yesterday a Chinese-English teacher was teaching kids this phrase: "Pass me a mango, pass me a banana, pass me the apple, pass me an orange, etc" Her purpose of using the word "pass me" was to mean "Give me the/a (type of fruit)". I say to myself that...
Does "Pass me...." mean Give me ..........? - WordReference Forums
2014年2月24日 · It never means give me in the sense "Please give me some money, give me a present..." If the object is lying a little further away, some people say "reach me..." E.g. A child in a supermarket might ask a tall person, "Could you reach me that packet from the top shelf, please?"
make a call - give a call | WordReference Forums
2011年9月13日 · "Call" can be a verb, so it's also easy to say "Call me," or "Phone me." "Give me a call." is heard all the time. "Make a call to me." I find a bit odd, but "Make a call to him," fine. This is more usage and peoples choice than it is grammar. "Make me a call." sounds weird to me. I can't think of a context that would even make sense.
give me or give us? - WordReference Forums
2007年9月6日 · "Give us a bit" is often said to someone eating an ice cream, chocolate bar, banana, etc. It is inoffensive slang. The people of North-East England (around the Newcastle-on-Tyne area [known as Geordies]) always refer to 'me' as us. "Nobody wants to play with us (me)", "She told us (me) to go to school".