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Persian Learner Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

About john

Hi.

I told him about john.

What's the function of about john? Does it function as an adverb or direct object?
  

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Persian Learner john In American slang, this is a toilet or a room with a toilet. I think you mean J ohn (a person's name). Persian Learner What's the function of about john?

— CalifJim

  • Persian Learner john In American slang, this is a toilet or a room with a toilet.
  • I think you mean J ohn (a person's name).
  • Persian Learner What's the function of about john?
  • Does it function as an adverb or direct object?
  • 'about John' consists of a preposition ( about ) and a proper noun ( John ).
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Persian Learner john
In American slang, this is a toilet or a room with a toilet. I think you mean John (a person's name).
Persian LearnerWhat's the function of about john? Does it function as an adverb or direct object?
'about John' consists of a preposition (about)
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CalifJim I think you mean John (a person's name).
Yes, sorry.Emotion: tmi
CalifJim
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>> the function of the prepositional phrase underlined? Is is not the indirect object?
I think by this, "A prepositional phrase cannot be any kind of object." he meant no.
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Persian LearnerSo what's the function of the prepositional phrase underlined? Is is not the indirect object?
Actually, you can think of "him" alone (not to him) as an indirect object in terms of meaning, but because it's expressed in a prepositional phrase, I prefer to call "to him" a periphrastic indirect object. I gave him a book contai
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