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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Ditransitive Sentences
Is this a ditransitive sentence?
"Let me tell you about one of my best friends."
"Let me tell you about one of my best friends."
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I'd call it "imperative," but I'll have to scramble for my dictionary! Edit. Well, I'd have to say that it is!
- I'd call it "imperative," but I'll have to scramble for my dictionary!
- Edit.
- Well, I'd have to say that it is!
- " to be ditransitive?
- I'm afraid I'll have to defer to a Linguist.
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I'd call it "imperative," but I'll have to scramble for my dictionary!
Edit. Well, I'd have to say that it is!
Would you understand "Let me go!" to be ditransitive?
I'm afraid I'll have to defer to a Linguist.
I'm thinking that in this case, "me" is the direct object of "Let," and that "to go" or "to tell you etc." is a comple
Edit. Well, I'd have to say that it is!
Would you understand "Let me go!" to be ditransitive?
I'm afraid I'll have to defer to a Linguist.
I'm thinking that in this case, "me" is the direct object of "Let," and that "to go" or "to tell you etc." is a comple
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AnonymousIs this a ditransitive sentence?"Let me tell you about one of my best friends."No. It's nothing like a ditransitive sentence.
"let" forms catenative structures with other verbs— "tell" in this case — but ditransitive verbs take two noun objects.
Tim showed his friends his new watch.
Lucy b
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yes it is a ditransitive verb as the verb 'tell' answers both the questions 'what'[about best friends]and to 'whom'[you].
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