By Indirect objects, Spelling

1. Should not have the "to." Send me the present. But, it would be Send the present to me. Show her the letter. Show the letter to her. It all depends on where the indirect object goes in the sentence. My French is rusty, but isn't it the same? Donne lui le cadaeu or donne le cadeau a lui?...

People do say "Peter and me went home." With all due respect, that sentence would be flagged as being incorrect. Children will often say that sentence as they continue to wrestle with the language. But most educated adults don't use that form. As you probably know, it should be written as...

The first thing to note is the spelling: the correct spelling is a-c-c-u-s-a-t-i-v-e. Another thing to note is that the term often employed to identify the "case" of words like "him", "her" and "whom" is Objective, rather than Accusative (which is misleading in a simplified grammar like...