visited + object OR visited + adverb of location

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ClarkePeters

#434011 Wed, 24 Oct 07 01:45 AM

I visited Europe. (or I will visit Europe soon)

Is "Europe" the object or is it an adverb of location (since it answers the question "where" about visited)?

How would I explain this to students?

ClarkePeters

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Clive

#434019 Wed, 24 Oct 07 02:31 AM

Hi,

Welcome to the Forum.

I visited Europe. (or I will visit Europe soon)

Is "Europe" the object or is it an adverb of location (since it answers the question "where" about visited)? It's the object.

How would I explain this to students?

Will they really give you a hard time if you just say it's the object of 'visit'? What rascals!

Ask them if they'd have the same concern about sentences like Columbus discovered America or Napoleon conquered Europe.

Compare I visited Europe to I went to Europe. Explain that you can't say I visited to Europe.

Best wishes, Clive

Clive

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ClarkePeters

#434100 Wed, 24 Oct 07 07:54 AM

Thanks Clive,
This is my first foray into grammar with my adult students (I usually teach conversation, literature, news English and the like). So this question really threw me for a loop. I was teaching adverbs at the time (using "soon" in " I will visit Europe soon") so this is how the question came up.

Your examples are great.

ClarkePeters

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