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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Word order

The doctor appeared in the hall, seeing out a patient/seeing a patient out.

  

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to see out is a phrasal verb that accepts both word orders. My personal preference is 'seeing a patient out', if that makes any difference to you. CJ

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to see out is a phrasal verb that accepts both word orders.

My personal preference is 'seeing a patient out', if that makes any difference to you.