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dash / give

20/11/2012 11:34

‎'dash' does not mean 'give'

#My brother dashed me the phone
#Can you dash me your book?
#He will dash me the money.



Expressions like the above are very common in our daily use of the English language.

The word 'dash' when used as a verb means 'to go somewhere quickly' as in
# I must dash because I have to be home by 9
 
or 'hit something with great force' as in
# He dashed the plate into smithereens against the wall#
 
to strike or smash violently, especially so as to break to pieces among other meanings.
 
The word does not have anything to do with giving whether used as a noun or a verb.

as follow or as follows

12/11/2012 16:16

 

“as follows” is always singular  whether the preceding matter is plural or not. It is used either as a phrase or as an idiom to mean what comes next, usually in the form of a list.

E.g.

#The reasons for these decisions are as follows.

In case you don’t want to use it this way, you can say:

Here are my reasons, or My reasons are, first,…, and the like.

Never say “as follow”.

That is English for you.

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