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1. Share with me your thoughts.
2. Share your thoughts with me.
3. Share with me the files.
4. Share the files with me.
5. Send me the files.
6. Send to me the files.
7. Send the files to me.

Are these all correct sentences?
 
Talab1234 said:
Are all these sentences all correct? sentences?

1. Share with me your thoughts. Grammatically possible but unnatural.
2. Share your thoughts with me. ✅
3. Share with me the files. Grammatically possible but unnatural.
4. Share the files with me. ✅
5. Send me the files. ✅
6. Send to me the files. ❌
7. Send the files to me. ✅
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"Share" is best suited for a situation where two or more people make use of something together. However a lot of people use it to mean "send" or "give" or "tell".

If you can replace it with "send" or "give" or "tell", please do so.

When someone says to me, "Please share his email address with me", I feel like saying, "No, he needs it for himself, and I have one of my own anyway".
 
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Note that Barque's "a lot of people use it to mean send or give or tell" does not mean that those are not definitions of "share". They are. See my screenshot below (source: Oxford Languages)
 

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Why is “Are these all correct sentences?” wrong?
 
emsr2d2 said:
Note that Barque's "a lot of people use it to mean send or give or tell" does not mean that those are not definitions of "share". They are. See my screenshot below (source: Oxford Languages)
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You're right, of course. Unfortunately the word's misused so much it's difficult to separate the conventional usage from the unconventional ones.
 
Talab1234 said:
Why is “Are these all correct sentences?” wrong?
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It's not the customary way to ask that question.

Are all these sentences correct?
Are these sentences all correct?
 
Barque said:
It's not the customary way to ask that question.

Are all these sentences correct?
Are these sentences all correct?
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But it still can be used?
 
Yes. If you wish to use an unnatural form of the question, ahead go!
 
Talab1234 said:
But it still can be used?
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You can use whatever you want.

You have to decide whether you want to sound like someone who can speak the language or a learner.
 
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