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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Direct and indirect

the boy said"Please teacher,allow me to leave the room"
  

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in my idea this way is better to the teacher"could i leave the room, please" or "teacher, could i leave the room, please "

  • in my idea this way is better to the teacher"could i leave the room, please" or "teacher, could i leave the room, please "
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in my idea this way is better
to the teacher"could i leave the room, please" or "teacher, could i leave the room, please "
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Anonymousthe boy said"Please teacher,allow me to leave the room"
I think there are many ways to put it indirectly.
The boy asked the teacher if he might leave the room.
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The boy requested his teacher that he may be granted permission to leave the room
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md_msh02The boy requested his teacher that he may be granted permission to leave the room
In my opinion, this placement of the indirect object would not be idiomatic in the US.
That is, it may not be used like, "The boy told his teacher that he needed to leave the room."
In the second case, the teacher is the direct object. In the first case, the t
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You're right -- the boy did not request the teacher. He requested permission from the teacher.

With "tell," the direct object is the thing you tell. Tell me (indirect object) a story (direct object).

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