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plin
07-17-2005, 05:50 PM
Please correct as needed.


She asked him to do the dishes. He obliged.

She obligated him to do the dishes.

She obliged (forced) him to do the dishes.

She obliged (she's so nice that he had no choice but to agree) him to do the dishes.

He obliged when she asked him to do the dishes.

She's so nices to him that whenever she asks for a favor from him, he simply obliges.



Thanks---Plin.

Pete
07-17-2005, 08:54 PM
Please correct as needed.


She asked him to do the dishes. He obliged.

She obligated him to do the dishes.

She obliged (forced) him to do the dishes.

She obliged (she's so nice that he had no choice but to agree) him to do the dishes.

He obliged when she asked him to do the dishes.

She's so nices to him that whenever she asks for a favor from him, he simply obliges.



Thanks---Plin.
She asked him to do the dishes. He obliged. [OK; natural.]

She obligated him to do the dishes. [OK, but it doesn't seem complete; it seems to need some context to explain more precisely you are talking about.]

She obliged (forced) him to do the dishes. [OK.]

She obliged (she's so nice that he had no choice but to agree) him to do the dishes. [Unless you have a strong context to make this meaning obvious, I don't think anyone would think of it.]

He obliged when she asked him to do the dishes. [OK. Natural.]

She's so <strike>nices</strike> nice to him that whenever she asks for a favor from him, he simply obliges. [OK. Natural. "… asks him for a favor …" would be more common.]