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|    mark lewis to Alexander Koryagin    |
|    invite over    |
|    09 Nov 18 10:47:40    |
       On 2018 Nov 09 13:19:22, you wrote to me:               AK>>> Please tell me about the difference between "invite her for tea" and        AK>>> "invite her over for tea". ;-)               ML>> none, really...               AK> Although, I always thought that every word means something. ;-)        AK> Probably I could also say "invite her up for tea" or "invite her down        AK> for tea" or "invite her in for tea" ;=)              this is true... english is a ""bit"" more verbose than other languages... the       additional word, in this case, clarifies things a little more than the bare       phrase... you could clarify even more by saying               invite her for tea on sunday.        invite her over to the club for tea.        invite her to the club for tea on sunday.              or similar... the additions just clarify more in most cases that i can think       of...              )\/(ark              Always Mount a Scratch Monkey       Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it       wrong...       ... '\o.,@o.+:"/~!v <-- Tagline debris.       ---        * Origin: (1:3634/12.73)    |
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