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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

ditransitive verbs

In this sentence: "it allowed one person to send another a copy" is "allow" a ditransitive verb?
  

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No. there is one direct object. 'one person'.

— Fivejedjon

  • No.
  • there is one direct object.
  • 'one person'.
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No. there is one direct object. 'one person'.
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Anonymousa ditransitive verb?
No. A ditransitive verb follows the pattern of "give". He gave Lucy the money. Verb, noun, noun.

You do see "allow" as a ditransitive in other contexts, however:

Allow me a moment to recollect what happened.

CJ
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