Who put the bandages on?

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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:blossom: In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful. :blossom:

Hi!

A: OK. Your wrist, what happened to your wrist.
B: I sprained it when I fell.
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A: Does it hurt?
B: It did when I fell. But it doesn’t hurt now. It’s fine now.
A: Oh, good. Who put the bandages on?
B: The doctor.

Why “Who put the bandages on” and not “Who put the bandages on it?” or “Who put the bandages on your wrist”?

Thank you

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People shorten sentences, especially when the longer sentence is not needed for clarity.

There is no grammatical or syntactical reason.

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Thank you so much, NearlyNapping :rose:
Very nice.

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It is contextually clear that the wrist needed bandaging, so there’s no need to mention ‘wrist’ again.

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