Soprano  +  995350 Sat, 21 Nov 09 10:37 PM Hi ! Can you help me? My students had to answer the following question "What did you buy in the shops for yourself and your friends? Most of my students started like this: For myself I bought XX and for my friends I bought XX. I corrected to them all: "I bought XXX for myself and XX for my friends". But can the informally answer like this? Were their answers completely wrong ? Thank you! Soprano Joined on Fri, Jul 31 2009 Full Member 104 Relationships, Sentences, Students, Friendships, Friends

	CalifJim  +  995401 Sat, 21 Nov 09 11:57 PM For myself I bought ..., and for my friends I bought ....  -- Fine. I bought ... for myself, and I bought ... for my friends.   -- Fine. (You needn't have corrected them.  Either way is good English grammar.) CJ CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member 24,223 "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche Grammar, Relationships, Friendships, Friends, Indirect, Objects