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Which are correct:

1) He will break your arm just like he did me.
2) He will break your arm just like he did to me.


3) He will break your arm just like he did mine.
4) He will break your arm just like he did to mine.


I think from a strict grammatical standpoint only '3' is correct, but maybe '2' works as well.


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None is fully acceptable for formal usage.

--> He will break your arm just as he did mine.
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