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"So, what kind of marriage to what kind of man does your wife think there’s only a 99% chance you didn’t do that?" (The Guardian.)
What is the direct object of the transitive verb "think" in the sentence above? Is it what kind of marriage to what kind of man or there’s only a 99% chance you didn’t do that?
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) Note the word 'in' is required. What is the direct object of the transitive verb "think" in the sentence above? there’s only a 99% chance you didn’t do that ?
- ) Note the word 'in' is required.
- What is the direct object of the transitive verb "think" in the sentence above?
- there’s only a 99% chance you didn’t do that ?
- It's not a well-constructed sentence.
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"So, in what kind of marriage to what kind of man does your wife think there’s only a 99% chance you didn’t do that?" (The Guardian.)
Note the word 'in' is required.
What is the direct object of the transitive verb "think" in the sentence above? there’s only a 99% chance you didn’t do that?
It's not a well-constructed sentence.
0So, in what kind of marriage to what kind of man does your wife think there’s only a 99% chance you didn’t do that?"
A dreadful sentence. As Clive says, it appears that "in" is missing. I've popped it in.
There's no direct object. "Think" is intransitive, and typically takes a content clause as complement, like the underlined one here.
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