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Show me it! show = transitive verb me = indirect object it = direct object This sentence does not go against any grammatical rules. show it me when the objects change place, the indirect object has to be converted to a prep phrase: show it to...

Hi, I need to write a sentence in the following pattern, and I don't see how it's possible. The pattern is: adjective + direct object + helping verb + subject + verb No articles allowed? So, something like 'Great strength did he use'. This kind of odd word order seems very literary or...

In the statement "I gave a book to Marc." Is "Marc" the indirect object or the object of the preposition "to"? It depends on which grammar book you read. Some systems say that only the version without a preposition should be called an indirect object. In such a system, I gave a book to...

Hi InchoI agree with the previous posters completely; I would just like to elaborate a little from a non-native speaker's standpoint to a non-native speaker. We're both foreigners, right?Since there are hardly any inflections in English, the word order is very rigid and certain phrases and...

"than me" sounds much more normal to me than "than I". http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/t.html Than, as used in comparatives, has traditionally been considered a conjunction; as such, if you're comparing subjects, the pronouns after than should take the "subjective case." In other...

From English grammar books, we learn that there are 6 types of basic sentence patterns around which you can expand to add more meaning. One of the patterns involves using a transitive verb with a direct object and an indirect object, both of which are nouns. In another pattern, the indirect...

This is off the internet too, Abmateen, but I could do no better:Personal Passive simply means that the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence. So every verb that needs an object (transitive verb) can form a personal passive. Example: They build houses. –...

It's a shame to have to keep flogging this for the Anons who don't have a grammar book, but: -- understood SubjectGive -- Verb the package -- Direct Object of give to -- preposition whoever comes to the door -- clause object of preposition. (whoever = S; comes = V; to the door = prepositional...

Hi, Here are some comments. 'Suggest' is a transitive verb that takes a direct and an indirect object. Its form is suggest {something/somebody} to {somebody}. eg I suggested a sweater to Mary. The indirect object can be omitted if already identified. The reason that 'I suggest you to' looks...

Hi Grammar Geek, I wish I knew Latin and German languages. Regarding your question, the benefactive clause/case is a case in which the 'indirect object' is the beneficiary as a result of the verbal event, and the case normally has two forms. Besides, purely the verb dictates whether the case...