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Hi,In Give a ball [to] me / Restricts membership of the club [to] people under 30, does preposition-to mean reaching as far as /so as to be in a sate of / within ?The pot calls the kettle black. (= The pot calls black [to] the kettle.)One ass nicknames another 'Long Ears'. (= One ass nickmaes 'Long Ears' [to] another.)Does [to] show the the terminus of the action of giving / restricting / calling / nicknaming?Thank you for your assistance.

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bepleasedIn Give a ball [to] me / Restricts membership of the club [to] people under 30, does preposition-to mean reaching as far as /so as to be in a sate of / within ?

Hi;

You have 3 different examples in grammar, indirect object, (direct) object complement, and preposition.

1) Indirect object:

Give a ball to me. (me= Indirect object. I am the person who receives the ball.)

Give me a ball. (The same meaning, and more natural.)

2) These examples are object complements.

(An object complement is an noun, pronoun, or adjective which follows a direct object and renames it or tells what the direct object has become. It is most often used with verbs of creating or nominating such as make, name, elect, paint, call, etc.)

The pot calls the kettle black. (= The pot tells everyone that the kettle is black. )

One *** nicknames another 'Long Ears'. (= He gives the nickname "Long Ears" to the other. )

3) This last one is a preposition. It expresses a limit or condition:

Restrict membership of the club to people under 30.

Membership in the club is restricted to people under 30. (Only people aged 0-29 are allowed to be members of the club. People 30 and older cannot be members of the club.)

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