By Verbs, Indirect objects

User_gary wrote: Anonymous wrote: what is the object of this sentence "i understood why the porter had called it a menacing place" This is my guess : it -------- Indirect object a menacing place -------- direct object Subject: I Verb: understood Complete direct object: why...

CalifJim wrote:Original question:What do you think of the usage of ''TO'' following tell. Is it a .CJ Thanks Mr Califjim, I apppreciate your explanation..

Original question: What do you think of the usage of ''TO'' following tell. Is it a . CJ

"One may tell children stories or one may tell stories to children." It is a non sequitur here, IMO. It simply says that when the direct object and the indirect one change place, a prep phrase will appear that includes the indirect object. J. R. R. Tolkien used to make up his own stories to...

The to may be omitted. Like many verbs that take a direct and an indirect object, the verb tell can take two patterns: tell something to someone or tell someone something. One may tell children stories or one may tell stories to children. This means one may have stories to tell children...

MrPedantic wrote: Hello MrT 1. Tolkien used to make up his own stories to tell to his children. 2. Tolkien used to make up his own stories to tell his children. Both are fine. You can "tell someone stories" or "tell stories to someone". If the indirect object (here, "someone") follows the...

Hello MrT 1. Tolkien used to make up his own stories to tell to his children. 2. Tolkien used to make up his own stories to tell his children. Both are fine. You can "tell someone stories" or "tell stories to someone". If the indirect object (here, "someone") follows the verb, it's not usual...

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...

Anonymous wrote:“please you heip me please because i am a like english and in my school the chapter direct and indirect explaned but i dont no what is direct and what is indirectA short, generally correct definition. Direct object receives the action of the verb: threw the ball; sent the gift....

Hela wrote: Thanks to all of you. and have a nice week. Hello Once more 1) A day will come when you no longer remember my face. when you will no longer remember my face = temporal adjunct -- describes the action, not the noun (day), not an adjectival clause (not relative...