Thread: Use of "both"
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Old 01-Apr-2008, 19:37
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Default Re: Use of "both"
In a conversation, where this sentence was needed, you would have been talking about Tom and Jim; so you might just say, "I did it for both."
Extend this to :
I did it for both of them.
and
I did it for both Tom and Jim.

You didn't 'do it both', you did it 'for both' as opposed to, "I did it for you."
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