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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
I did it. No, I did it.
Any problem with the structure of the replies here?
A: I cooked a pie for you last month.
B No, I cooked you it.
A: I made you a sandwich last night.
B: No, I made you it.
A: I cooked a pie for you last month.
B No, I cooked you it.
A: I made you a sandwich last night.
B: No, I made you it.
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Anonymous Any problem with the structure of the replies here? Yes. They are wrong.
- Anonymous Any problem with the structure of the replies here?
- Yes.
- They are wrong.
- Try again.
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AnonymousAny problem with the structure of the replies here?Yes. They are wrong. Try again.
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Somehow I have it in my head that structures like He gave me it or He bought me it are acceptable in some parts of the Anglo world. Am I wrong?
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AnonymousAny problem with the structure of the replies here?Not really. The structure seems fine. It's just that hardly any speaker ever chooses to use that structure when certain pronouns (you it) follow a ditransitive verb. In any case, it normally replaces a definite, not an indefinite, noun phrase, so one is more likely to be chose
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