Search results for 'tag:Verbs tag:Indirect objects' matching tags 'Verbs' and 'Indirect objects'

Re: Verb Recommend+Infinitive forms

CalifJim — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 19:11:27 GMT

Velimir
1. They recommended that she find a good lawyer.

2. They recommended she find a good lawyer.

Both are fine.

Velimir
inserting of the indirect object after the verb "recommend" sounds redundant

Yes. It's not necessary. I recommend you leave out to her.

Velimir
1. We recommend that you be there at 10 o'clock.

2. We recommend you be there at 10 o'clock.

Again, both are fine.

Velimir
They recommended that she had better find a good lawyer.

No. It sounds like a threat. (She had better find a good lawyer, or we'll make her life miserable.)

You can, however, use should:

They recommended (that) she should find a good lawyer.

Re: Use of Pronoun

AlpheccaStars — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 15:49:05 GMT

d_say:

Certainly.

1) I calling his name. Juliet, from the balcony, called his name - Romeo, Romeo, where are you, Romeo?

His is the possessive case of the pronoun "he", modifying "name". - His name is Romeo. My avatar is AlpheccaStars.

Name is usually singular. People have only one name. But here is an example of plural:

In Nigeria, people give their babies many birth names. Seven days after a baby boy is born, they have a baby naming ceremony. In the ceremony, the parents and the religious leaders call his names seven times for good luck.

2) calling him names. The boy was crying because the bullies at school were calling him names. They called him "four eyes" and "crip" and other bad things.

We have an overbearing manager at work. We all call him "The Boss".

"The Boss" is the direct object of the verb "call". Him is the indirect object. It is objective case of "he"

Re: Who versus whom

AlpheccaStars — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 02:14:00 GMT

Firstly, to clarify, will the 'who/whom' always be at the start of the dependent clause?

>> I think so. Most examples I have seen, who/whom is either the object of a proposition (starting the dependent clause), or very close to the noun that it references, and starting the dependent clause. Others may be able to find a counter example, though.

Secondly, Also, will it ever be in the main clause? For example, 'whom is this story about?'- there is no dependent clause.

>> Who / whom may be used in the main clause, mainly in questions. In indicative, mostly you will see who/whom in dependent clauses.

The reason I ask these questions is because I want to have a method/process I go through to establish if it is who/whom. So, If I always seek out the dependent clause (by looking at the who/whom and it is to the right of this), and then if I decide if it is the object or subject of the sentence, I will be fine...

Or can it sometimes be the subject or object of the main clause?
And can it sometimes not begin the dependent clause? .>> You will always recognize a dependent clause - it will have its own verb. I first look for all the verbs in a sentence, then put the other words into clauses by finding the subject, direct / indirect objects that go with the verbs. You do have to be a bit careful of the confusing verbals (gerunds, participles and infinitives) which are not fully verbs!

Re: mY cONFusION

Avangi — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:57:03 GMT

Just a comment (an aside) - I'd best leave the "would" terminology to the ESL folks.

You've shot yourself in the foot by changing verbs.

(active transitive) I would have sent you a present, but I was broke.

(passive) I would have been sent to Timbuctu if my mother hadn't interceded.

"To send" takes a direct object and may take an indirect object. I sent flowers. I sent her flowers. I sent flowers to my daughter. (I'm not sure if the prepositional phrase "to my daughter" is still considered an indirect object, or if the phrase is said to be an adverbial modifier of "sent.")

"To reply" is intransitive, like "to lie." You may have had your reasons for choosing this verb for your second example, but it confuses the active/passive issue.

Somehow, you can use it in the passive, "I was lied to." I wish I knew how to analyze that one.

I would have been replied to in a more timely fashion if Jack had not lost my email address. (not exactly the most natural way to put it) As you can see, the "would's" are conditional.

- A.

Re: Analyse the sentence syntactically in terms of clause elements.

AlpheccaStars — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:56:07 GMT

Through a mixture of anthropological analysis and her own unorthodox experiments, complex phrase- adverb

further dissected
Through - preposition
a mixture of anthropological analysis and her own unorthodox experiments compound noun phrase, object of preposition

using herself as a reluctant guinea-pig, participle phrase, modifying Kate Fox

Kate Fox - noun phrase; subject

discovers verb ;

what these unwritten behaviour codes tell us about Englishnes dependent clause; direct object of verb discover

further dissected
what - pronoun; introduces the clause, object of verb tell about
these unwritten behaviour codes - noun phrase, subject of verb tell about
us - indirect object of tell about
Englishness - direct object

Inversions in reported speech

Blue-eyed Smiler — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 04:10:32 GMT

When do we useinversions in Reported Speech?

I mean if we have indirect objects and different attributes, adverbs and so on?

Re: Sometimes told/told sometimes

Avangi — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 05:48:21 GMT

Hi,

IMHO only the first segment has a grammatical problem. The verb "to tell" requires an indirect object as well as a direct object. "I told her to get lost." I can think of examples where this is overturned, such as, "This story has never been told." But to my ear, it doesn't work in this sentence. I'd say, "It is sometimes said that democratic gvt. etc."

Best wishes, - A.

Edit. Guess I'm having a bad day. It now seems to me that in my sentence "I told her to get lost," her is the direct object. I have no idea what "to get lost" is called.

"Tell me a story." "Give me a break." I'm hopelessly confused. I want "me" to be the indirect object in both sentences.

Re: is this sentence correct?

AlpheccaStars — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 02:48:22 GMT

It is very difficult to understand what you mean. It would help if you did not use the general verb "advise" so much. Also, make the direct and indirect objects explicit. For example:

Christine told me that Holman had agreed to change the payment term to L/C.

Would you please respond to me with the date of (the agreement or the date you agreed to the change; it is not clear what agreement you are talking about) ?

If you prefer, you can reply to (Holman?) directly.

Please let me know what you would like to do next.

Re: Whoever vs. Whomever

AlpheccaStars — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 23:45:20 GMT

"Whoever" is correct. The indirect object of the verb in the main clause is the entire noun clause, not just the head of the clause.

Directly quoted from "Cliff's notes" (sorry for the long inset)

Pronoun case in subordinate clause

Who, whom, whoever, whomever. In deciding which case of who you should use in a clause, remember this important rule: The case of the pronoun is governed by the role it plays in its own clause, not by its relation to the rest of the sentence. Choosing the right case of pronoun can be especially confusing because the pronoun may appear to have more than one function. Look at the following sentence.

They gave the money to whoever presented the winning ticket.

At first, you may be tempted to think whomever rather than whoever should be the pronoun here, on the assumption that it is the object of the preposition to. But in fact the entire clause, not whoever, is the object of the preposition. Refer to the basic rule: The case should be based on the pronoun's role within its own clause. In this clause, whoever is the subject of the verbpresented. (A good way to determine the right pronoun case is to forget everything but the clause itself: whoever presented the winning ticket, yes; whomever presented the winning ticket,no.)

The following two sentences show more dramatically how you must focus on the clause rather than the complete sentence in choosing the right pronoun case.

We asked whomever we saw for a reaction to the play.
We asked whoever called us to call back later.

In each sentence the clause is the direct object of asked. But in the first sentence, whomever is correct because within its clause it is the object of saw, while in the second sentence, whoeveris correct because it is the subject of called.

Re: FORM

AlpheccaStars — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 14:36:50 GMT

1) Where are you? I've been waiting for 2 hours

2) I needn't have brought that milk

I = subject

need have bought = verb; present perfect tense, modal form (need is the auxiliary), buy is the main verb, bought is the past participle.

not - adverb

that - demonstrative pronoun refering to milk

milk - noun,object of the verb buy

3) He played truant

He - subject

play - verb, simple past tense

truant - predicate noun ? (To be precise, I would have to look in a dictionary to see if "play" is transitive or intransitive in this case.

4) I stopped to give my friend a lift

I = subject
stopped - verb, simple past

to give my friend a lift - infinitive phrase, adverb, modifying "stop"., "to give" is the infinitive head of the phrase

my friend - my is personal pronoun modifying freind, friend, noun, indirect object of the verbal, give

a lift - a = article, modifyinglift. Lift is noun, direct object of the verbal, give

5) I stopped giving my friend a lift
I = subject
stopped - verb, simple past
giving my friend a lift - gerund phrase, direct object of verb "stop". giving is the gerund head of the phrase

The other teachers can critique this analysis.