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Anonymous Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Choose him a repairman

How are you.

Please, let me know if the parsing is right.


We chose him chairman.

Subject + Verb + Object + Objective Complement

We chose him a repairman.

Subject +Verb + Indirect Object + Direct Object

  

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anonymous We chose him chairman. No. 'choose' has to take 'as' or 'to be' in that grammatical pattern.

— CalifJim

  • anonymous We chose him chairman.
  • No.
  • 'choose' has to take 'as' or 'to be' in that grammatical pattern.
  • We chose him [as / to be] chairman.
  • anonymous We chose him a repairman.
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anonymousWe chose him chairman.

No.

'choose' has to take 'as' or 'to be' in that grammatical pattern.

We chose him [as / to be] chairman.

anonymousWe chose him a repairman.

This one should be written We chose a repairman for him, and it means you chose someone for him who was a repairman —

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