Some questions on 把

[Desmond]

I've been learning about the 把 structure and I don't have many problems with it. The one thing I wonder though, is what if the object you are talking about is "it". I'll clairfy:

You can say “请你把我的杯子放在桌子上"

That's all fine and dandy, but what if 杯子 was already mentioned? Example "where should I put your cup" "put it on the table"

The person doesn't need to say "put my cup on the table" cause "my cup" has already been mentioned.

So can you use the 把 structure to answer this? Or would you just say something simpler, like "放在桌子上" and leave out the 把 altogether?

Thanks!

[Marco]

i think you could say it like this 把它放在桌子上。

[semantic nuance]

Yes, you can omit 把 in this sentence. You can simply say :放在桌子上, or you can say 放在桌子上就可以了.

[Desmond]

Yeah, I actually heard 放在桌子上 today in a Chinese movie I was watching, so I finally found my answer to a short-cut way of saying it. Thanks for the reinforcement!

It didn't seem like 把 should have to be used for such a short command....

[Mugi]

semantic nuance's answer is perhaps more natural, but gramatically speaking there is nothing wrong with Marco's reply either.