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14-Aug-2008, 19:47
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increased costs for vs increased costs to
Regulation often leads to increased costs for the consumer.
or
Regulation often leads to increased costs to the consumer.
and
Pleaase answer to my question
or
Please answer my question.
what are your pick in each case? and why? thanks!
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14-Aug-2008, 23:07
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Re: increased costs for vs increased costs to
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kiranlegend
Regulation often leads to increased costs for the consumer.
or
Regulation often leads to increased costs to the consumer.
and
Pleaase answer to my question
or
Please answer my question.
what are your pick in each case? and why? thanks!
just a student.
I'd say ''for the costumers'' and ''answer my question'' but I have no idea why.
just a student.
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15-Aug-2008, 05:05
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Re: increased costs for vs increased costs to
Quote:
Originally Posted by
kiranlegend
Regulation often leads to increased costs for the consumer.
or
Regulation often leads to increased costs to the consumer.
and
Pleaase answer to my question
or
Please answer my question.
what are your pick in each case? and why? thanks!
1. Either is correct for 1. (The cost for/to the customer increases).
2. Please answer my question.
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15-Aug-2008, 08:51
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Re: increased costs for vs increased costs to
yeah, I understood the first one after some thinking:)
Could you please explain the second one?
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15-Aug-2008, 10:26
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Re: increased costs for vs increased costs to
Please
give an/the
answer
to
my question. Here
answer
is a noun.
Please answer my question. Here
answer
is a verb.
Last edited by bhaisahab; 15-Aug-2008 at
10:29
. Reason: typo
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Re: increased costs for vs increased costs to
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bhaisahab
Please
give an/the
answer
to
my question. Here
answer
is a noun.
Please answer my question. Here
answer
is a verb.
Please reply to my question.
Please respond to my question.
Please answer my question.
They're all verbs; but only
answer
is transitive.
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16-Aug-2008, 08:19
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Re: increased costs for vs increased costs to
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Raymott
Please reply to my question.
Please respond to my question.
Please answer my question.
They're all verbs; but only
answer
is transitive.
Yes, that's true, thankyou, respond is not a noun though.
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16-Aug-2008, 15:54
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Re: increased costs for vs increased costs to
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Yes, that's true, thankyou, respond is not a noun though.
Yes, I'll concede that.
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