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Son James Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

For verbs having 2 objects.... Can't use it only with 1 object ?

Please look at the following sentences first.
1] Where did you put my wallet on ? - I already gave it
2] Who did you give my wallet to ? - I already gave your mother
3] I already informed the news. / I already informed him.

Both "inform" and "give" are the verbs which have two objects.
I think I heard sometimes you, English or American is speaking like having only 1 object.
Now what I want to know is whether what I certainly heard like that is right or not.

Are all of the sentences in the above possible in grammar ?
I mean, do I have to say it with 2 objects in any case as " I already gave your mother that " or " I already informed him of the news like this ?

Q1)
Can I make a short answer as "I already gave your mother" since the asker has made an question for who ? so I think I can simply out on person only. Am I wrong ?

Q2)
If I can, okay, then for another thing, is it should be " I already gave your mother" or "I already gave to your mother" ? I'm confused on whether or not putting "to" in front of "person" ?

Thank you for your answers in advance.
  

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Son James Q1)Can I make a short answer as "I already gave your mother" since the asker has made an question for who ? so I think I can simply out on person only. Am I wrong ?

  • Son James Q1)Can I make a short answer as "I already gave your mother" since the asker has made an question for who ?
  • so I think I can simply out on person only.
  • Am I wrong ?
  • No.
  • The sentence "I already gave your mother" is not complete.
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Son JamesQ1)Can I make a short answer as "I already gave your mother" since the asker has made an question for who ? so I think I can simply out on person only. Am I wrong ?
No. The sentence "I already gave your mother" is not complete. A native speaker would wait for the sentence to finish.
Say "I already gave it to your mother."

1] Where did yo
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Thank you for your answers. But I'm still confused. Is it okay that "I already informed him" ? I think I need to raise another thread for this same issue, in order for me to know it more clearly.
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I already informed him. - This is fine. You first sentence had "news", so I added that information:
I already informed him of the news.
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Hi! Ms.AlpheccaStars! I have already raised another thread for the verbs with 2 objects.Couldn't you answer me about it ? Thank you in advance.
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Please see this web http://homepages.uwp.edu/canary/grammar_text/37-vb-ditr.html

Looks he said I can say " I gave a dog". Thank you for your teachings in advance.

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