Re:Dear Startups: stop begging investors and pitch your clients
by creamyhorror on Thursday March 07, 2013 @07:53AM
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> "He pitched to me a new startup idea"
That only sounds unnatural because of ordering (which is a little like old-style English). Reordered, it reads just fine:
"He pitched a new startup idea to me"
The "pitch [object] to [party]" usage is the older/more established, I think, although recent (American) usage has somewhat shifted to "pitch [party]".
It's not a big deal either way. Maybe ivix is from the UK or somewhere with different usage.
That only sounds unnatural because of ordering (which is a little like old-style English). Reordered, it reads just fine:
"He pitched a new startup idea to me"
The "pitch [object] to [party]" usage is the older/more established, I think, although recent (American) usage has somewhat shifted to "pitch [party]".
It's not a big deal either way. Maybe ivix is from the UK or somewhere with different usage.