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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...

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 the time. Thank you for explaining the...

Yes. A similar construction: 'I drove to church'. The verbs donate and drive are ditransitive, which means that they can take a direct object and an indirect object, but this does not mean that either must be present. It would be fine to say 'He donated' or 'I drove'.

This is off the internet too, Abmateen, but I could do no better: Personal Passive simply means that the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence. So every verb that needs an object (transitive verb) can form a personal passive . Example: They build...

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...

Hello Ethanw. This is not a reply to your question but merely my tip about it. First of all, please allow me to say your first sentence is wrong. It should be "They made him leave". This is a special structure called as "causative construction". This sentence can be parsed as "They {made }" or...

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, everyone. I'm truly surprised to see a simple question has developed into such a long thread which, I must say, has strayed from the original question. "Alive" is not an object complement. It is simply an adjective that is used postpositively. There is no freedom of choice as to where...

Hello again, MrP (IF I may I call you MrP). I think I understand now what you meant in the post I found confusing. You said: “...which implies that the subject of the <whosever/whose-ever> clause in the example is the same as the subject of the main clause. However, the...

Hello Roro OED says about the etymology of "cost" as follows. a. OF. coster, couster (mod. coûter) = Pr. and Sp. costar, Pg. custar, It. costare:—L. constôre to stand together, stand firm, abide, be settled or fixed, stand at a price, cost, f. con- together + stôre to stand. The...