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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...

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")...

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...

... 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...

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. ...

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...

Miriam wrote: 1. "Mary made Tom a hero." 2. "Mary made Tom a cake." Both sentences are, structurally, exactly alike. In both we have a verb that can take an object complement, and in both the direct object (Tom) is followed by a noun phrase. The only difference between both, again from...

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...

A sentence may take the form of a single clause or be formed from several clauses. The typical clause has a noun phrase for a subject and a verb phrase for a predicate. The verb phrase may have another noun phrase or two embedded within it which serves as direct object or indirect object....