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Sentence #22923

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Objectivesea Objectivesea August 17, 2015 August 17, 2015 at 12:29:43 AM UTC flag Report link Permalink

We can dispose the car. --> We can dispose of the car.

kremel kremel June 4, 2023 June 4, 2023 at 5:50:27 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Dispose of?

Or "use" (in the sense of having it at our disposal)?

Objectivesea Objectivesea June 5, 2023 June 5, 2023 at 7:29:29 AM UTC flag Report link Permalink

The Esperanto equivalent "forigi" means "dispose of". In standard English, "dispose the car" has no meaning; it must be the phrasal verb "dispose of."

Kremel's suggestion does not carry the same meaning. If we said, "We have a car at our disposal," it means that the car is available to us for our use; that would be a valid sentence but is not implied by the sentence given above.

Perhaps an administrator can change the sentence, since it now been wrong for nearly eight years.

AlanF_US AlanF_US June 8, 2023 June 8, 2023 at 11:17:52 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Fixed.

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We can dispense with the car.

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linked by El_mas_capo, January 6, 2012

#1678439

linked by aka_aj, July 10, 2012

We can dispose the car.

edited by aka_aj, July 14, 2012

linked by duran, October 25, 2015

#1678439

unlinked by KK_kaku_, February 21, 2023

unlinked by Objectivesea, June 5, 2023

We can dispose of the car.

edited by AlanF_US, June 8, 2023