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sell us vs sell to us

Both 'sell us' and 'sell to us' are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Sell us' is used when the seller is directly addressing the buyer, while 'sell to us' is used when the seller is referring to the action of selling something to the buyer.

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sell us

This phrase is correct and commonly used when the seller is directly addressing the buyer.

This phrase is used when the seller is directly addressing the buyer and asking them to sell something to them.

Examples:

  • Can you sell us that car?
  • Please sell us your products at a discount.
  • Look what the older generation tries to sell us.
  • It's against the law for anyone to sell us organs.
  • Don't sell us to the clan in power.
  • Don't sell us apart, Mr. Bone.
  • People who sell us fossil fuels.
  • Chibs, see if they'll sell us some of those bales.
  • The butchers refuse to sell us any meat for the Christmas roast.
  • I think Tom wants to sell us something.
  • It just so happens that you could sell us a couple of these ears.
  • Please, I beg you, do not sell us planes, boats or tanks.
  • The guy is trying to sell us tumbled, like we don't know the difference.
  • We paid him handsomely for his little girl, and now he wants to sell us the other one.
  • You just sell us the rest of the bar.
  • Could you sell us more straw and some food?
  • Sue has offered to sell us the book for $3 million.
  • There's a strange man who wants to sell us an 84-carat stone.
  • That Orange you tried to sell us turned out to be a lemon
  • Three guys show up in a van, one to sell us an overpriced monthly warranty, two to case the joint for a robbery.
  • I seriously wonder how you think you can sell us your new Financial Regulation as a great success when it is not based on an operational bookkeeping system.
  • This gentleman here didn't want to sell us the short buses at cost.

Alternatives:

  • sell it to us
  • sell that to us
  • sell us your products

sell to us

This phrase is correct and commonly used when the seller is referring to the action of selling something to the buyer.

This phrase is used when the seller is referring to the action of selling something to the buyer, rather than directly addressing the buyer.

Examples:

  • Would you like to sell to us directly?
  • They agreed to sell to us at a discounted price.
  • They can then safely continue to sell to us without having a sword of Damocles hanging over them.
  • And if they don't sell to us, then we'll just bankrupt them.
  • As long as you give us priority, sell to us first.
  • They earn nothing on the stuff they throw away but rather on the stuff they keep and sell to us at a high price.
  • Are you telling me that because he refused to sell to us, he was killed by one of our people?
  • I think they have a list of stuff they are not allowed to sell to us.
  • How can we ensure that the same demands are imposed on farmers elsewhere in the world who want to sell to us, in order to prevent unfair competition?
  • Wallenberg will sell to us, for a token sum - the majority in the Swedish rubber duck industry.

Alternatives:

  • sell us
  • sell it to us
  • sell that to us

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