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2023-04-29 06:59:18 Hot tip!!!

In English, there are often several ways of saying the same thing. For example, ‘put by’, ‘put away’ and ‘put aside’ can all be used to describe the process of saving money to spend later. Another example of this is ‘put down’, which can mean the same as ‘take down’ and ‘write down’ (record in writing).

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2023-04-29 06:50:47 Phrasal Verbs with Put

Put off - postpone, leave until a later time.
Put up with - to tolerate.
Put down - to insult.
Put on - to dress oneself.
Put up - to erect.
Put across - to communicate something.
Put out - to publish.
Put back - to put something where it was previously.

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2023-04-29 06:46:51 The Whimperative
The standard way of expressing a request or command in English is to begin a sentence with the base form of a verb: Bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia! (The implied subject you is said to be "understood.") But when we're feeling exceptionally polite, we may choose to convey an order by asking a question.

The term whimperative refers to the conversational convention of casting an imperative statement in question form: Would you please bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia? This "stealth imperative," as Steven Pinker calls it, allows us to communicate a request without sounding too bossy.

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