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Deborahjeong Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Class was brought a projector Correct?

The teacher brought a projector to class.

A projector was brought to class by the tracher.

Is the following sentence grammatically correct?

Class was brought a projector by the teacher.

  

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These are correct transformations. ) A projector was brought to class by the teacher . Class was brought a projector by the teacher .

  • These are correct transformations.
  • ) A projector was brought to class by the teacher .
  • Class was brought a projector by the teacher .
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These are correct transformations. (Note that they are not necessarily useful English.)

A projector was brought to class by the teacher.

Class was brought a projector by the teacher.

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deborahjeongIs the following sentence grammatically correct?

It may be grammatical, but certainly no native speaker would consider it natural.

Learning the possible but unnatural contortions of a language is hardly a useful exercise.

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deborahjeong

The teacher brought a projector to class.

A projector was brought to class by the tracher.

Is the following sentence grammatically correct?

Class was brought a projector by the teacher.

That alternation is less idiomatic because "class" is not a person. More typically, with a person as the receiver of the action, you ha

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