Please tell me which word I should use in the following sentence, PUT or SEND:
Boring movies often SEND OR PUT me to sleep.
Thanks a lot.
put or send
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put or send
by Hung Tao » Fri Sep 10, 2004 3:43 pm
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Re: put or send
by Josef » Wed Sep 15, 2004 7:21 pm
Hung Tao wrote:Please tell me which word I should use in the following sentence, PUT or SEND:
Boring movies often SEND OR PUT me to sleep.
send someone to sleep = make someone sleep through boredom
put someone to sleep = make someone unconscious with drugs or an anaesthetic
put an animal to sleep = kill an animal painlessly
Your sentence would be:
Boring movies often send me to sleep. :r:
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