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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
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Can the noun phrase adjacent to a ditransitive verb function as a direct object?
  

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Anonymous Can the noun phrase adjacent to a ditransitive verb function as a direct object?

Yes.

'give' is a ditransitive verb.

Give the book to Robert.

The noun phrase 'the book' is adjacent to the ditransitive verb 'give', and it's also the direct object of the sentence.

CJ

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