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On reflection, I think I must amend one thing I wrote earlier. (General statements are always dangerous when speaking about English...sorry )Sometimes indirect objects are not preceded by a preposition. This happens, for instance, with verbs like send/give/write: John gave me the book. ...

Hi, I can mention a couple of them. To be: I was here at five. - I am tired. - To be or not to be?To exist: Do you believe UFOs exist?To appear: He appeared suddenly.To die: My grannie died at the age of 92. - John has died.To rain: It's raining heavily. - It's going to rain.To lie:...

It's not wrong. Normally in English sentences are ordered "Subject (S), Verb (V), Indirect Object (IO), Direct Object (DO)" but can run OSV, and, where pronouns are used in substitution of either the subject or object (e.g. your sentence) there are no word order constraints so OVS...

Hello,What's the best way to explain the difference between transitive and intransitive verbs when you're the person doing the explaining. I know what the differences are, but try as I might every time I set pen to paper -- all I need is a paragraph or two -- I end up going to my local...

Hi, I am wondering whether the hire has two objects. Would you take a look at a sentence below and share your opinion? ---> His parents were amazed and then hired him a piano teacher. This is OK. There is a direct object (piano teacher) and an indirect object (him). You could also...

"Scurvy, a vitamin C deficiency, makes people weak and sore."Scurvy is the subject, because it is the thing which "makes people weak and sore."People is the direct object, because it is what scurvy is affecting, direct objects usually follow verbs.Weak and sore are objective...

"Scurvy, a vitamin C deficiency, makes people weak and sore."Scurvy is the subject, because it is the thing which "makes people weak and sore."People is the direct object, because it is what scurvy is affecting, direct objects usually follow verbs.Weak and sore are objective...

>By the way, I always thought that you could leave out the subject, 'me' in this case, if you wanted it to be informal. >The manual you gave was/is very useful.That's not a subject, it's an indirect object, you gave (TO) ME. You can't leave it out in any situation and...

Hi,give me an example of a sentence that has a pattern of subject-verb-direct object-indirect object.I gave an example to you.Best wishes, Clive