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Thanks again Mbouti quote user mbouti Hi Can you give me examples for a that clause for recommend and indirect object for suggest quote The doctor recommended that I take more exercise from Cambridge online dictionaryIn your example I meant you is an indirect object In my opinion suggest takes a...

quote user Seraphin a Protein X can bind to DNA b Protein X can bind DNA Are these two sentences describing the same scenario quote Yes and no I guess the result is the same if I join you or you join me but you could say that in a sense the scenario is different The verb to bind may be either...

Thanks quote user mbouti after recommend two structures are possible quote Cambridge also says recommend can take a that clause what do you think of it quote user mbouti I suggest you going there quote Can suggest take an indirect object like you

On reflection I think I must amend one thing I wrote earlier General statements are always dangerous when speaking about English sorry quote user Tanit while some need to be followed by an indirect object i e one preceded by a preposition quote Sometimes indirect objects are not preceded by a...

quote user Buddhist Accountant Could you mention other intransitive verb quote Hi I can mention a couple of them To be I was here at five I am tired To be or not to be To exist Do you believe UFOs exist To appear He appeared suddenly To die My grannie died at the age of 92 John has died To rain...

quote user Buddhist Accountant the answer is B Happened But I wonder why that is the answer I think it should be use was happened because it is passive quote Hi Why do you think it should be passive Only transitive verbs i e those that need to be followed by direct objects without any...

A word is a part of speech only when it is used in a sentence The function the word serves in a sentence is what makes it whatever part of speech it is For example the word run can be used as more than one part of speech Sammy hit a home run run is a noun direct object of hit You mustn t run near...

Welcome EvetsEgap to the forums I think you ll find this a very interesting place to spend some time As for your question about parsing the bold part of your question I see it as Subject He Verb gave and four part direct object some some some some I m not qualified to determine if that was the...

quote user Anonymous Is that correct it seems wrong quote It s not wrong Normally in English sentences are ordered Subject S Verb V Indirect Object IO Direct Object DO but can run OSV and where pronouns are used in substitution of either the subject or object e g your sentence there are no word...

Thanks Clive One more question Do you think the same preposition to is outright wrong because we know give is an intransitive verb and takes a direct object