sold my jacket to her

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sold my jacket to her

Post by navit »

Are these sentences correct:

1) I sold my jacket to her to give to her brother.
2) I sold her my jacket to give to her brother.

The meaning is supposed to be:

I sold my jacket to her so that she would give it to her brother.

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Re: sold my jacket to her

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Only #1 is grammatical.
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