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Webi  +  368592 Mon, 21 May 07 09:08 PM

hello, could you please tell me what is right?

Do you know what he said to me last week? or Do you know what he told to me last week?

Thanks

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Pucca  +  368594 Mon, 21 May 07 09:14 PM
Hello Webi,

I think it is "Do you know what he told me last week?" or "Do you know what did he say to me last week?"Smile [:)]
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Quetzalcoatl  +  368612 Mon, 21 May 07 10:12 PM
 Pucca wrote:
"Do you know what did he say to me last week?"Smile [:)]
no, I think this one is wrong.
I'm not a native speaker, but I think that both sentences by webi are correct. but I can't tell you which one is used in which situation. (if there is a difference)
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Pucca  +  368613 Mon, 21 May 07 10:21 PM

We'd better wait for someone who can help us!Smile [:)]   (..but I still think that sentence is right..)

Maple  +  368618 Mon, 21 May 07 10:43 PM
 Webi wrote:

hello, could you please tell me what is right?

Do you know what he said to me last week? or Do you know what he told to me last week?

Thanks

The first one is right.   As to the second one, I'd like to omit to

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Maple  +  368619 Mon, 21 May 07 10:44 PM

 Pucca wrote:
Hello Webi,

I think it is "Do you know what he told me last week?" or "Do you know what did he say to me last week?"Smile [:)]

Hello, pucca, your second sentence is wrong.

It should be:

Do you know what he said to me last week?

or

Do you know what he did say to me last week?              If you want to make an emphasis.

Yankee  +  368625 Mon, 21 May 07 10:54 PM
 Maple wrote:

Do you know what he said to me last week?  This is the standard format.

or

Do you know what he did say to me last week?              If you want to make an emphasis.

Yes, this second sentence would only be used for emphasis, and this construction would also be used only very rarely.

Using the word 'tell' you would say:
Do you know what he told me last week?  (Do not use the word 'to' in this sentence.)

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Pucca  +  368626 Mon, 21 May 07 10:59 PM
 Pucca wrote:
"Do you know what did he say to me last week?"


Hello Yankee,

Would that sentence be wrong? Why so? I have just checked in my dictionary and it "says", or at least I understand, that it is a correct sentence!

Crying [:'(] Why am I always wrong?
IRoN_RoCK  +  368628 Mon, 21 May 07 11:05 PM

hello pucca,

i m not an expert in english like you, but i think "Do you know what did he say to me last week?" sentence is wrong. at least it is not so much used.

best regardsWink [;)]

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