How should I use 'slap a question' when the question is specific and there is an indirect object being "slapped with the question"? Can 'slap the (adjective) question' be used at all? I want to use 'slap a question' to mean something to this

The direct object is the thing going from the subject to the indirect object. The indirect object is the person who receives the direct object from the subject. The idea of going from one person to another is based on the verb give , where

Anonymous wrote: There is a sentence: We weren't explained to why he had done such terrible things. Your sentence is incorrect. The structure you are using is possible with some verbs but not with explain. There is no rule or reason for this,

core arguments = required arguments external argument = subject internal argument can be: direct object, indirect object, prep phrase (internal arguments = complements) oblique arguments = optional arguments (oblique

Categories or Parts of Speech he - pronoun he - noun phrase (NP)* is - verb a - article nice - adjective person - noun a nice person - noun phrase (NP)* is a nice person - verb phrase (VP)* *These designations come from a

' To go home ' is considered by Quirk et al ( A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language , 16.66) as the clausal direct object of ' tell ', with ' him ' the indirect object. That makes it a noun. I tell him something . What do you tell him? I

If used at all , the indirect object construction is always to X when the verb is explain . However, it should be noted that the indirect object of explain is almost never explicitly stated. The indirect object is obvious from context 99.9% of

Hi Sooris, Sooris wrote: Explain me something.- (correct- Indirect object precedes the direct object) Ooops! You can give me something, you can teach me something, you can write me a letter... but you can't explain me something! That's a