|
ESL Forum:
Techniques and methods
in Language Teaching
Games, activities
and teaching ideas
Grammar and
Linguistics
Teaching material
Concerning
worksheets
Concerning
powerpoints
Concerning online
exercises
Make suggestions,
report errors
Ask for help
Message board
|
ESL forum >
Ask for help > To massage or to give a massage?
To massage or to give a massage?
|
dackala
|
To massage or to give a massage?
|
I �m in doubt wheter one form or the other is better:
I gave her a massage.
I massaged her.
The other one is a bit strange, but is it wrong?
|
22 Oct 2014
|
|
|
|
yanogator
|
|
"I gave her a massage" is correct. The other form is only used for rubbing a particular area. She had a headache, so I massaged her temples. She massaged his back to relieve the strain. Bruce |
22 Oct 2014
|
|
|
serzt
|
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
Allow the water to cascade down up-stretched arms while you massage
elbows and upper arms.
▪ He held his swagger-stick in his left hand
and massaged it with his right.
▪ I reached up to
massage the sinews and tendons of her back.
▪ I took off my
shoes and rested my feet on her thighs as she massaged them.
▪
Or: Youngest Daughter, massage my temples.
▪ Sometimes my
father would explain how you should never massage to the
heart.
▪ Try using a smaller amount, massaging it between your
fingers before applying hair to ensure that it �s evenly distributed.
▪
We have become expert in the physiognomy of pleasure, the nodes to press, the
points to massage.
****
▪ I always find she gives me the best massage I have anywhere
in the world.
▪ If your boyfriend gave you a massage
would it do any good?
▪ Soigneur A person who gives
massage and every other kind of comfort to exhausted, injured or
demoralised riders.
|
22 Oct 2014
|
|
|
redcamarocruiser
|
|
It seems that there are 2 mistakes in the corpus examples (according to American English)
1. Sometimes my father would explain how you should never massage the heart. (not massage TO the heart, omit the TO)
2. Soigneur: A person who gives massages (It needs an s)
|
22 Oct 2014
|
|
|
Zora
|
|
I massaged her. - This would mean you massaged her, the person. whole body. And Bruce is right, you�d normally say where. i.e. "I massaged her leg."
I gave her a massage. - This means you gave her a massage, usually focusing on a certain area. |
22 Oct 2014
|
|
|
Peter Hardy
|
|
I regularly give my wife a massage. Sometimes she massages my back. My cat said: "Can I have a massage, too?"
|
22 Oct 2014
|
|
|
dackala
|
Thank you all. Nice pic Peter. Yes, there are some mistakes as
redcamarocruiser posted.
I need to be more precise - I meant about the whole body, not just certain area. So, to give a massage is only related to certain area according to Zora?
What I wanted to say is to massage the whole body, Or to give a massage to a whole body?
-A massage therapist gave her a massage or massaged her ( it lasted an hour and included face, arms, legs, fingers (whole body)).??
As I could see Bruce �s and Zora �s replies are the opposite ones or I didn �t understand?
|
23 Oct 2014
|
|
|
yanogator
|
|
No, Linda and I agree. We wouldn �t normally say "I massaged her." It isn �t wrong, but it isn �t what we say. If we start with "I massaged...", we name the area or body part.
bruce |
23 Oct 2014
|
|
|
dackala
|
Oh, thanks I didn �t read correctly. I understand now, thanks to all!
|
23 Oct 2014
|
|
|
