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24 Dec 2018
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What is the difference between what did you do with him? and what did you do to him? ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between what did you do with him? and what did you do to him? ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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- English (US)
With
Mother: What did you do with him?
Me: We played videogames together.
To
upon seeing him crying,
Friend: What did you do to him?
Me: I told him his cat died.
"With" implies a mutual cooperation whereas "to" implies a direct action to someone or something.
- Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)
So,"what did you do with him?" never means "what did you do to him?" in any situation,right?
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