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Are all the sentences OK?

 
 
Reply Sun 4 Jan, 2015 11:08 pm
You need to take care of yourself and also me.
You need to take care of yourself and me.
You need to take care of yourself and of me.

Are all the sentences OK?

Thanks.
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tanguatlay
 
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Reply Mon 5 Jan, 2015 04:43 am
@tanguatlay,
Could somebody please help. Thanks.
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McTag
 
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Reply Thu 8 Jan, 2015 04:36 am
@tanguatlay,

Quote:
You need to take care of yourself and of me.


The first two are okay, but this one is not.

"take care of" is a phrase which hangs together, so you don't need a second "of".
FBM
 
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Reply Sat 10 Jan, 2015 01:32 am
@McTag,
I agree. It's a phrasal verb: http://www.oneworldofenglish.com/english_phrasal_verbs/phrasal_verbs_T/take_care_of.htm

Quote:
You need to take care of yourself and of me.
is marginally acceptable. I can imagine it being used in registers such as high rhetoric, poetry or song lyrics, but it's not standard usage.
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