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ultramoose asked: derp i forgot to put the square brackets in the critical last example. SORRY.
it should be
send {an email} to [xx@xx.com]

Apr 1st

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ultramoose asked: You can say
Send me an email at xx@xx.com
Send an email to xx@xx.com
You can't say
Send me an email to xx@xx.com
Send an email at xx@xx.com
Because the verb send requires both an object to be sent, and object to receive it. The preposition "to" prepares a receiver. The preposition "at" prepares a location. Since the verb...

Apr 1st

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Mar 31st

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ultramoose asked: Their native tongue Czech.

Mar 31st

wellthatwaseasy asked: In response to that person's ask about "send me an email to...", I am also curious to know their original language, because in languages such as Spanish, French, etc... to and at are interchangeable in a way. That is, you say "a la biblioteca" for "to the library" and it also means "at the library". especially since send me an email at ____ is correct...

Mar 31st

ultramoose asked: not question, but i was attempting to explain to a person learning English, why they couldn't say "send me an email to jondoe@blahblah.com"
i think i got a cool explanation that i wanted to share with more glossophiles:

"You can't use to when referring to an email address like that. You can send an email to someone, but you can't send Jim an...

Mar 31st

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Mar 30th

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lol-tits asked: thanks to Linguist Llama, I have finally found other Linguistics nerds with whom I can nerd-gasm with: NOAM CHOMSKY IS COMING TO MY SCHOOL <3

Mar 29th

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