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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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Hi everybody, I'm Italian and I have to do this exercise:
Select the appropriate transitivity class for the main verb in the following clause:
I told you to stay still!
Choose one answer.
a. nontransitive
b. intransitive
c. ergative
d. ditransitive
e. monotransitive
I think it's ditransive because:
Can take up to three participants (Subject, Direct and Indirect Objects).
The Recipient/Beneficiary can be deleted (I told you)
But I'm not very sure :-(
Can you help me to understand?
Select the appropriate transitivity class for the main verb in the following clause:
I told you to stay still!
Choose one answer.
a. nontransitive
b. intransitive
c. ergative
d. ditransitive
e. monotransitive
I think it's ditransive because:
Can take up to three participants (Subject, Direct and Indirect Objects).
The Recipient/Beneficiary can be deleted (I told you)
But I'm not very sure :-(
Can you help me to understand?
Top answer
The main verb, told , is monotransitive because its only object is the pronoun you . An instance of tell used as a ditransitive verb would be I told him [IO] the bad news [DO].
- The main verb, told , is monotransitive because its only object is the pronoun you .
- An instance of tell used as a ditransitive verb would be I told him [IO] the bad news [DO].
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The main verb, told, is monotransitive because its only object is the pronoun you.
An instance of tell used as a ditransitive verb would be I told him [IO] the bad news [DO].
An instance of tell used as a ditransitive verb would be I told him [IO] the bad news [DO].
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