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Expresson Hi, everyone Could you help me with some questions? 1) What's the difference between "I can't make Monday, but I can make Sunday"" "I can't make it Monday, but I can make it Sunday" and "I can't do Monday, but I can do Sunday"? 2) In this sentence "Downtown would be better for me. So if you can swing it, let's meet there.", could I replace "swing it" with "do it"? "If you can do Downtown, let's meet there"? 3) Does it sound odd to say "at&t does phone, TV and Internet"? ... And what's a bundle when you are talking about cable TV providers, etc? Thank you very much

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3) You could use "does" in this context, but it would be highly colloquial. think of it as omitting the main verb, in this case work: "AT&T does telephone WORK, TV WORK [...]" I would suggest that you rephrase it like this: "at&t provides phone, TV and Internet services" For your last question, I believe you are referring to the packages where they offer TV, phone and internet services for a lower price point.
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2) swing it means "to be able to do". You can think of it in the same sense as "make it". "Downtown would be better for me. So if you can make it, let's meet there." would also be correct
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1) "I can't make Monday, but I can make Sunday" and "I can't make it Monday, but I can make it Sunday" mean the exact same thing. The first one is grammatically incorrect because it omits the "it", but the meaning is understood. In short, it's a colloquialism. "I can't do Monday, but I can do Sunday" English speakers often use "do" in place of other verbs, as in "to do lunch" (to have lunch), "to do America" (to take a trip through America.) "to do a person" (To have sex with a person) In the end they all express the same thing and can be used interchangeably.

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