When the date of the party is fixed, I'll let you know. In this situation, should I say:
I'll email you the date.
or can I say:
I'll email you about the date.
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When the date of the party is fixed, I'll let you know. In this situation, should I say:
I'll email you the date.
or can I say:
I'll email you about the date.
Best Answer
There is a difference between the two.
means that I will have or know the day and time of some event or observation, and I will share it by email with someone. (Here, date is the direct object of email, and you is the indirect object.)
means that I will email for some purpose relating to the date; there is no explicit object. Perhaps the purpose is to tell you what it is, as in the first case, but perhaps it is to initiate a conversation about it.
Thus, while the second can often substitute for the first, the reverse is not true. If I am inviting you to one of two baseball games playing next Wednesday or Thursday, and you are not sure when you are available, for me to say I'll email about the date is to say that we will need to continue the conversation over email once you have more information. To say I'll email the date is to say am no longer giving you the option to choose which day's game you will attend.