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Expression: 'Invite you over for dinner'



 
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Expression: 'Invite you over for dinner' #1 (permalink) Mon Nov 06, 2006 12:15 pm   Expression: 'Invite you over for dinner'		  
Hi

Could you please tell me the difference between the following sentences?

1- I AM INVITING YOU OVER FOR DINNER TONIGHT.
2- I AM INVITING YOU FOR DINNER TONIGHT.

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Expression: 'Invite you over for dinner' #2 (permalink) Mon Nov 06, 2006 13:37 pm   Expression: 'Invite you over for dinner'		  
The difference between your two sentences is that the first suggests that I'm inviting you to come to my house. Saying 'I am inviting you for dinner tonight' doesn't specify where. The most usual preposition with 'invite' is 'to'.
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Expression: 'Invite you over for dinner' #3 (permalink) Mon Nov 06, 2006 13:44 pm   Expression: 'Invite you over for dinner'		  
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I agree with Conchita and will even go a step further and say that "invite you over for dinner" would only be understood as "invite you to my house for dinner". It is an invitation to come to dinner at the place where the person lives (or is living).

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