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Pb03 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

hire /free of

Hello everyone,

I am wondering whether the hire has two objects.
Would you take a look at a sentence below and share your opinion?

---> His parents were amazed and then hired him a piano teacher.

And for another thing, in the usage of 'be free of' and 'be free from', what differences are there between them?
How should I know when I use 'free of' and when 'free from'?
Any method to figure out it?
The sentence below is the one that made me question about it.

----> At first he wanted to be free of what he thought would be a “monster baby."

Thanks a lot ~ ^^

pb
  

Top answer

Hi, I am wondering whether the hire has two objects. Would you take a look at a sentence below and share your opinion? ---> His parents were amazed and then hired him a piano teacher .

  • Hi, I am wondering whether the hire has two objects.
  • Would you take a look at a sentence below and share your opinion?
  • ---> His parents were amazed and then hired him a piano teacher .
  • This is OK.
  • There is a direct object (piano teacher) and an indirect object (him).
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Hi,

I am wondering whether the hire has two objects.
Would you take a look at a sentence below and share your opinion?

---> His parents were amazed and then hired him a piano teacher.
This is OK. There is a direct object (piano teacher) and an indirect object (him). You could also write this sentence as . . . hired a piano teacher for him.

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