Timeline for Skipping object in colloquial English
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| Mar 18, 2016 at 5:26 | vote | accept | Ook | ||
| Mar 18, 2016 at 5:23 | answer | added | Andy Schweig | timeline score: 3 | |
| Mar 18, 2016 at 4:55 | comment | added | Alan Carmack | You can, but if you do you are no longer referring to the object (book or milk) but to the action (reading or drinking) in general. So it sounds a bit strange. You need the it to refer to the object, even in colloquial English. | |
| Mar 18, 2016 at 4:33 | history | edited | Ook | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 18, 2016 at 4:27 | history | asked | Ook | CC BY-SA 3.0 |