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    Default They announced their engagement to us. They announced to us their engagement.

    1. They announced their engagement to us.

    2. They announced to us their engagement.


    Is it possible to say like sentence 2?
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    Default Re: They announced their engagement to us. They announced to us their engagement.

    It's not impossible, but #1 is much more natural.
    emsr2d2, Rover_KE, bhaisahab and 3 others like this.
    Context is important. Please provide enough for us to be able to deal effectively with your question.
    Your thread title should include all or part of the word/phrase being discussed.
    If you just want to know the meaning of a word, try OneLook Dictionary Search first.

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