Hello, I've got some questions about passivazation and the use of indirect object. Firstly, I met a sentence, Good care was taken of the children by Mary , which was indicated as acceptable in grammaticality. Its corresponding

a direct object recieves the action and the indirect object is to who or for whom which the object is talking about

Understanding whether a verb is the main verb or not can help tell me if a group of words is a clause or phrase . The main clause (the core of the sentence) is (Something) can help tell me (something). (something - subject ) can help (main verb,

We certainly don't want you to flunk! First, you have to know what a noun is and what a pronoun is. A noun is a person, place or thing, like a house, a dog, a pen, a computer, or the Internet. A pronoun is a word that substitutes for a noun.

I am not sure your German example is a good one. The indirect object can be expressed in English without a preposition: Give the man a medal. Give me it etc. More generally, I do not think it is the case at all that languages that use prepositions

I do not. Perhaps due to the bias I have as a native English speaker, I believe concepts that rely on the establishment of the relationships between people and objects, objects and other objects, and people and time are most easily understood

Anaylsis of the large structure: Independent clause #1 : I can not tell you that, mate, Conjunction joining two independent clauses: but Independent clause #2: what I can tell you is that it was one day before my birthday ____________________

Hi Vincent. "offered a help" is not idiomatic. we use offer(ed) some help/to help/help/a hand with the indirect object, it would be offered to help him; offered him help/some help ; offered him a hand; offered a hand to him - A.

When who or whom is not part of the relative clause, but still exists, it is easier to find out if it is objective or nominative, correct? You may find it easier. It depends on the amount of experience you have in working with these ideas.

1. They recommended that she find a good lawyer. 2. They recommended she find a good lawyer. Both are fine. inserting of the in direct object after the verb "recommend" sounds redundant Yes. It's not necessary. I recommend you leave