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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2015 13:13:09 GMT -5
"Can you do this for me?"
Like if someone's like "can you help me move this?" but what they really want is for you to do it for them.
I'm always like, "If you want help, we can do it together, but if you want me to do it for you, just say that."
Pet peeve. Meh.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2015 13:14:16 GMT -5
"Can you help me TAKE OVER THE WORLD AND ENSLAVE THE HUMAN RACE?"
.....eh.
I see what you mean.
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Post by Push R Truth on Dec 28, 2015 13:19:50 GMT -5
Gandalf: "Hey Frodo, can you help me get rid of this ring? Won't take too long and I hate to bother you."
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Post by Unaffiliated on Dec 28, 2015 14:45:33 GMT -5
I'm not a linguist, but I don't see it as necessarily wrong.
It's like, "I want this done. Can you help me get it done?" You're helping the person by doing it, not helping the person do it.
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Post by Hit Girl on Dec 28, 2015 14:51:13 GMT -5
One time this guy said "Can you help me???"
I said "I do believe you mean, "can I do this thing for you?", which is how you should have said it, because that would have been a more appropriate use of English in this context and situation".
But before I could say anything more, he drowned.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2015 16:10:39 GMT -5
The way we say it at work (at least I do) is, "Can you do me a favor?"
And then ask if they can do something quick and easy. Since he's headed that way, can he help out.
(We don't do solids. Pfft to that.)
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