Which sentence is right?

[bandXtrb]

Let me play for you an example.

or...

Let me play an example for you.


The second sounds right, but is the first okay?

 

[jonnyGURU]

The first one doesn't sound correct, no matter how I concentrate on it... which is something I shouldn't have to do.

Of course, I UNDERSTAND IT, but I base this ability on years of reading computer manuals and bicycle manuals that had been translated from Taiwanese.

Use the second sentence because quality is our chasing!

 

[jonnyGURU]

Speaking of translating.... I sent your two sentences through Babelfish and back to see what it would translate into and I got an even BETTER way to phrase that sentence from it:

"Allow me to play an example for you."


Nice, eh?

 

[bandXtrb]

<< Of course, I UNDERSTAND IT, but I base this ability on years of reading computer manuals and bicycle manuals that had been translated from Taiwanese. >>

ROFL!

 

[yiwonder]

Ok, I think both are correct ways of saying the same thing. However, there is a "traditional" way of saying it and then there's the other way. I think the second one is the "traditional" way or the way that we would say it if just talking to a friend.

It depends on the audience to decide which one to use. If you're talking to a less mature reader (like jonny for example), then you should probably use the second one. Less mature isn't a good word for it....maybe something like less experienced. Do you at least see what I'm trying to say?

 

[bandXtrb]

<< Do you at least see what I'm trying to say?

<< Yep, I see. thanks.

 

[dman]

IF you ask Yoda, he'd say neither.

For you, an example, let me play.

 

[Kung Lau]

<< Let me play for you an example. >>




<< Let me play an example for you. >>





"Yo,check this out."

 

[JnrX]

<<"Yo,check this out." >>

lol

that is the way i would say it too....