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Summary:<\/span> <\/span><\/b>You are busy writing an email <\/span>so that your boss Mr Big<\/span> will get your reply soon.  <\/span><\/b>But do you know that <\/span><\/span>\u2018<\/span>I will <\/span>reply<\/span> <\/span>your <\/span><\/span>email<\/span><\/strike> <\/span>soon<\/span><\/b><\/i>\u2019 is <\/span>not<\/span> <\/span><\/span>English.  <\/span><\/span>
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Simply put, it is <\/span>wrong<\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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\n<\/span><\/b>A. What is wrong?<\/span><\/b>
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\n<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Really? <\/span>Why<\/span>? <\/span><\/b>In English, it is <\/span>weird<\/b><\/span>, if not grammatically incorrect, to reply an email. That is, the verb ‘reply’ is <\/span>not to be followed<\/b><\/span> by ‘a thing’ directly, as shown in the following formula: <\/span><\/span>
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reply + a thing<\/b><\/span> <\/span>\u27a1\u27a1\u27a1\u27a1 <\/span>Wrong<\/span> + <\/b>Wrong<\/span> + <\/b>Wrong<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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B. Why is it wrong?<\/span><\/b>
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Want to know why? Read the two sentences and you\u2019ll know why.  <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n


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Persons<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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1. Managers<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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plan<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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activities.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2. Sam<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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leads<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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the marketing department.<\/span><\/div>\n

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\n<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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\n<\/span><\/b>In the above two sentences, the persons (managers or Sam) <\/span>make an effect<\/span> on<\/span> <\/span>something<\/span><\/span> (activities or the marketing department).<\/span><\/b>
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C. What is ‘make an effect’? <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
<\/a>What<\/span> does \u2018make an effect on something\u2019 <\/span>mean<\/span>?  <\/span><\/b><\/div>\n

\n<\/span><\/div>\n
Regarding the above two sentences, it has two meanings: <\/span><\/div>\n

\n<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
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    \n
  1. t<\/b><\/span>hat the managers are \u2018<\/span>over<\/span>\u2019 the activities, <\/span><\/b>and <\/span><\/span><\/b><\/li>\n
  2. t<\/span><\/span><\/b>hat both (managers and Sam) have some <\/span>control over<\/span> something.  <\/span><\/b>In other words<\/span>, when you have control over something, the thing follows the verb, your action.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    E. Reply & Sentence Pattern<\/b><\/p>\n

    If you remember, this is <\/span>a sentence pattern<\/span> you have learned at school. <\/span><\/b>What<\/b><\/span> pattern is it? <\/span>The pattern of ‘SVO<\/span>‘. <\/span><\/p>\n


    \n<\/span><\/span><\/b>
    \n<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

    \n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n
    Subject<\/span><\/td>\nVerb<\/span><\/td>\nObject<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Ms Talk<\/span>.<\/span><\/td>\nmade<\/span><\/td>\na speech <\/span>          (<\/span>at a meeting<\/span>)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n


    \n <\/span>
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    \n<\/span><\/b>Yet<\/span>, your teacher might have forgotten to tell you one thing. In ‘SVO’ t<\/span><\/b>here is <\/span>a <\/span>special<\/b><\/span> relationship <\/span>between a subject and an object.  <\/span>
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    \n<\/span>By <\/span>special<\/span>, I don\u2019t mean they have an affair. What I mean is in the pattern of ‘SVO’ <\/span>a subject has some <\/span>control<\/span> over the object.<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/b>
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    Put simply, in this pattern <\/span>one thing<\/span> is <\/span>bigger<\/span>. <\/span><\/span><\/span> Which one is bigger?  <\/span>A subject is bigger than an object. <\/span>In other words, <\/span>If a <\/span>subject<\/span> is a<\/span> <\/span>master<\/span>, then an <\/span>object<\/span> <\/span><\/span>is like a <\/span>servant<\/span>.  <\/span><\/span>
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    \n<\/span>
    \n<\/span>And do you want to give the relationship a name? <\/span>What about <\/span>MS<\/span>?<\/span>  <\/span>MS has nothing to do with any company. <\/span>It means a<\/span> <\/span><\/span>Master-servant<\/span> relationship. <\/span><\/span>
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    \n<\/span><\/b>
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    \n<\/b>
    \n<\/b>
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    \nF. Correct Usage: Reply <\/b>to<\/span><\/b> your email<\/b>
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    \n<\/span>However<\/span>, in the case of \u2018I will reply your email soon\u2019, the word \u2018I\u2019 is <\/span>not the master<\/span> of \u2018your email\u2019.  <\/span><\/b>
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    \n<\/span><\/span>What<\/span> does that mean<\/span>? <\/span>\u2018I\u2019 <\/span>is <\/span>not the one <\/span><\/span>who wrote the email<\/span><\/span>. <\/span><\/span>In other words, ‘I’ write something, b<\/span><\/span>ut not<\/span> the email<\/span> ‘I’ received.  <\/span>It is <\/span>Mr Big<\/span>, not ‘I’, who <\/span>wrote<\/span> <\/span>the email.  <\/span>
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    \n<\/span>In other words, Mr Big is the master<\/span> (subject) of the servant (the email).<\/span>    <\/span>
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    \n<\/span><\/p>\n


    \n<\/span><\/div>\n
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    \n<\/b>
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    \n<\/span><\/b>
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    \n<\/span><\/b>
    \n<\/span><\/b>
    \n<\/span><\/b>So<\/span>, when using \u2018reply<\/span>\u2019 as a <\/span>verb<\/span>, stick to the following rule:<\/span><\/b>
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    \n<\/b>
    \n<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n
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    Person<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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    Thing<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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         I<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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    will reply<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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              to<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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    your email (soon)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

    <\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n


    \n<\/b>That is, when there is <\/span>no MS relationship<\/span>,<\/span> <\/span>a preposition<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span>is needed. <\/span><\/b>This is why when you use \u2018<\/span>wait<\/span><\/b>\u2019, you have to add a preposition: <\/span><\/span>Wait <\/span>FOR<\/span> me, but <\/span>not<\/span> <\/span><\/span>\u2018Wait me\u2019.  <\/span>
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    \n<\/b><\/span>G. Quick Tip<\/b><\/span>
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    \n<\/span>So, <\/span>the<\/span> <\/span>F<\/span>ee<\/span>l G<\/span>oo<\/span>d T<\/span>i<\/span>p <\/span>is ‘<\/span>Re<\/span> + Re<\/span>‘. <\/span>What<\/span> does that <\/span>mean<\/span>?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

    <\/span><\/b>
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    reply + to<\/span> <\/span>————>   <\/span>(<\/span>re<\/span>ply + p<\/span>re<\/span>position)<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n

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    \nH: More Examples from Everyday life<\/b>
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    <\/a><\/div>\n

    The <\/span>same tip <\/span>also applies to ‘<\/span>I will <\/span><\/span>write to<\/span><\/i><\/span> you<\/i><\/span>.’ or ‘<\/span><\/span><\/b>I will <\/span>talk to<\/span><\/span><\/i> you<\/span><\/i>‘.<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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    Pic sources<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

    \n<\/span><\/span>http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/12394349@N06\/4656677533\/sizes\/m\/in\/photostream\/<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n

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    \n<\/span><\/b> <\/span><\/b>D. More Examples<\/b>
    \n <\/span><\/b>
    \nWant <\/span>an extra example<\/span>? ‘<\/span><\/b>Ms Talk <\/span>made a speech <\/span>at a meeting’<\/span><\/i>.  <\/span>
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    \n<\/span>In the sentence, Ms Talk <\/span>has some control <\/span>over the speech. <\/span>Why<\/span>? <\/span>It is a speech she made and she can say it <\/span>any way she likes<\/span>.<\/span><\/span>
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