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Davidrock65 Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
buy me a drink, buy a drink for me
buy a drink for me = buy me a drink
bring a flower for me = bring me a flower
draw a bird for me = draw me a bird
play the piano for me = play me the piano
read the story to me = read me the story
give the pen to her = give her the pen
write a letter to me = write me a letter
pass the salt to me = pass me the salt
sing a song to me = sing me a song
blow a kiss to me = blow me a kiss
throw the towel to me = throw me the towel
toss the ball to me = toss me the ball
report the fault to a technician = report the technician the fault
Are they all correct? Are there any exceptions?
Can you say, "brief me on the progress?"
Thanks for answering my questions!!
bring a flower for me = bring me a flower
draw a bird for me = draw me a bird
play the piano for me = play me the piano
read the story to me = read me the story
give the pen to her = give her the pen
write a letter to me = write me a letter
pass the salt to me = pass me the salt
sing a song to me = sing me a song
blow a kiss to me = blow me a kiss
throw the towel to me = throw me the towel
toss the ball to me = toss me the ball
report the fault to a technician = report the technician the fault
Are they all correct? Are there any exceptions?
Can you say, "brief me on the progress?"
Thanks for answering my questions!!
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They are all fine apart from report the fault to a technician = report the technician the fault I can't quite work out why. If you were to say 'show the fault to the technician' = 'show the technician the fault' is ok, so it must be the verb report. You could say brief me on the progress, but update would be a better choice.
- They are all fine apart from report the fault to a technician = report the technician the fault I can't quite work out why.
- If you were to say 'show the fault to the technician' = 'show the technician the fault' is ok, so it must be the verb report.
- You could say brief me on the progress, but update would be a better choice.
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They are all fine apart from
report the fault to a technician = report the technician the fault
I can't quite work out why. If you were to say 'show the fault to the technician' = 'show the technician the fault' is ok, so it must be the verb report.
You could say brief me on the progress, but update would be a better choice.
report the fault to a technician = report the technician the fault
I can't quite work out why. If you were to say 'show the fault to the technician' = 'show the technician the fault' is ok, so it must be the verb report.
You could say brief me on the progress, but update would be a better choice.
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Hi,
I agree with Nona, but this one also sounds a little odd to me: play the piano for me = play me the piano
You commonly say "brief me on your progress".
Best wishes, Clive
I agree with Nona, but this one also sounds a little odd to me: play the piano for me = play me the piano
You commonly say "brief me on your progress".
Best wishes, Clive
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I agree with the previous answers.
"report" can't take a double-object construction.
"play" can take a double-object construction when the second object is "song", "aria", "ballad", "music", etc., i.e., the sounding element. It cannot take a double-object construction when the second object is the instrument used to produce the sound.
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"report" can't take a double-object construction.
"play" can take a double-object construction when the second object is "song", "aria", "ballad", "music", etc., i.e., the sounding element. It cannot take a double-object construction when the second object is the instrument used to produce the sound.
Play me a popular ballad on
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If you express these examples in the form of question, some of them, although not wrong grammatically, will sound pretty odd. We can’t really make stiff rules because it's the context that dictates which form is more suitable. If I say” John loaned Mary his bike yesterday vs. John loaned his bike to Mary yesterday, then –yes, they are the same. But “buy a drink for me = buy me a drink” are not t
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