By Nouns, Indirect objects

It would be wrong to say: 'Give me it'. The correct sentence is 'Give it to me'. If you have a noun then it's OK: 'Give me the book' or 'Give the book to me' (to emphasise the addressee of the action). But some verbs do not admit of the indirect object, e.g....

The list isn't meant to be exhaustive or carefully arranged. Any additions, corrections or further examples would be welcomed. 1 main verbs; lexical verbs (all verbs which are not auxiliaries or modals) 2 action verbs; event verbs; dynamic verbs (a verb which can be used in...

I'm taking a correspondence course. These are some of the exercises that I need to submit. So please I need help from grammar exerperts thnaks. Exercise 1: Identify each of the “ __ ” words in the sentences as one of the following parts of the sentence: 1.Direct object 2.Indirect...

I'll try to give some information on this as a non-professional.This is how it looks like in the serbian language,and I suppose,it is very similar in all other slavic languages and also the latin language.For indicating a location the locative case of a noun is used.If the english language...

must I only use 'me' because it is an indirect object pronoun?Yes, you must! CJ

Fuerther wrote:Hi,Is it possible to use 'I' in the following sentence:Tell Jack and I when the work is done.or must I only use 'me' because it is an indirect object pronoun?Thx If you placed yourself first, you would say, 'Tell me and Jack when the work is done', wouldn't you?

Hi, Is it possible to use 'I' in the following sentence: Tell Jack and I when the work is done. or must I only use 'me' because it is an indirect object pronoun? Thx

Hi, Please tell me if the underlined part in the second sentence shows that the sentence has two objects, not a direct object or indirect object like the first sentence. 1. I gave him the money. -- I think here, the direct object is 'the money' and the indirect object is 'him'. 2. We asked...

Hi folks,I would like to ask the following question: is it possible for a prepositional phrase to function as a noun in a sentence? I am thinking of the following sentence: I told her about the meeting.My interpretation: Subject: I Verb: told...

Hi AnonYou are not comparing similar things. After your original post, I specifically mentioned "pay attention to something". In the phrase "pay attention to enhancing", "pay" is the verb, "attention" is a direct object, "to" is a prepostion, and "enhancing" is the indirect object. To take...