By Difference between, Indirect objects

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...

There's some differentiation between the two here, they seem to be considered synonyms only for the meaning 2: --------- till Function:preposition 1 chiefly Scotland a : to a place of arrival : through to : as far as <till an end> b : to or toward a limit or goal ...

... Get's a little tricky with "commnication verbs": "She told us a story". The story is the direct object; we 'sorta' received the story, so 'us' is the indirect object. Try finding some sentences in which both have been labeled, and see if the above...

what is the difference between a direct and an indirect object?

MichalS wrote:Hi, I'm a new member on the forum. My name's Michal and I'm from Poland. I've been learning descriptive grammar of Enlgish lately. Reading LONGMAN Grammar of Spoken and Written English, I've come across a couple of problems which are hard for me to overcome. I hope that you will...

"John and me went to town" may be common, but I would consider it incorrect usage. Many native speakers use it, but I would definitely not advise an English learner to adopt it. It's not based on "shaky grounds" but on the difference between grammatical subjects and grammatical objects. Here,...

I'm going to just sit back and listen for a while - I'm no grammarian and certainly no linguist, but I thought I had a pretty firm grasp of the basics, like the difference between a direct object and an indirect object. The experts Paco cites seem to have turned my basic understanding inside...

Hi, I'm a new member on the forum. My name's Michal and I'm from Poland. I've been learning descriptive grammar of Enlgish lately. Reading LONGMAN Grammar of Spoken and Written English, I've come across a couple of problems which are hard for me to overcome. I hope that you will help me...

Hello, Teo. Thank you so much for yout post. I'm glad you spotted the mistake; I never reread my own post so I couldn't have possibly found out that I "slipped" there. You are 100% right, in "Mary made Tom a cake" "Tom" is the indirect object and "a cake" the direct object". Honestly, I cannot...