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Grammar
Direct object
He assured her that he would do it on time.
Is "that he would do it on time" a direct object in the above?
Is "that he would do it on time" a direct object in the above?
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Anonymous Is "that he would do it on time" a direct object in the above? In traditional grammar, yes. In more recent systems of analysis it is a clausal complement of "assure".
- Anonymous Is "that he would do it on time" a direct object in the above?
- In traditional grammar, yes.
- In more recent systems of analysis it is a clausal complement of "assure".
- CJ
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AnonymousIs "that he would do it on time" a direct object in the above?In traditional grammar, yes. In more recent systems of analysis it is a clausal complement of "assure".
CJ
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