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"She gave me a nice T-shirt. I should reciprocate it by giving her a gift."
Hello! Is the sentence above OK? Can I just say "I have to reciprocate it." without "by giving her a gift"?
"She gave me a nice T-shirt. I should reciprocate it by giving her a gift."
Hello! Is the sentence above OK? Can I just say "I have to reciprocate it." without "by giving her a gift"?
Hello! Is the sentence above OK? Can I just say "I have to reciprocate it." without "by giving her a gift"?
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You can just say "I have to reciprocate" without the "it" at the end. It's assumed that you mean to give a gift in return. But you can also say "by giving her a gift" if you want. It's not wrong. Just more words to say the same thing.
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This would be ok "She gave me a nice T-shirt. I should reciprocate".
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You can just say "I have to reciprocate" without the "it" at the end. It's assumed that you mean to give a gift in return. But you can also say "by giving her a gift" if you want. It's not wrong. Just more words to say the same thing.
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