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   Dallas Hinton to Alexander Koryagin:   
      
   AK>> If I talk about myself, can I say: "I drained Jim   
   AK>> everything I knew about his wife's love affair."  ;-)   
   DH> You can -- I wouldn't -- it's not wrong,   
   DH> just....unusual!   
      
   I am sure it is wrong without an "of" before "everything."   
   Possible amendments:   
      
     a.  I drained Jim of everything *he* knew about his wife's   
         love affair.   
      
     b.  I drained from Jim everything *he* knew about...   
      
     c.  I let Jim drain me of everything I knew about...   
      
     d.  I divulged to Jim everything I knew about...   
         (now that's more like dumping!)   
      
   "drain" seems to imply a certain effort on the part of the   
   receiver (e.g. a vampyre), unless it verb is used in the   
   narrow technical sense of the operation of a drainage   
   system.   
      
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