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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Indirect object.. always a person? (and other doubts)
I am reading on grammar sites that the indirect object can be the person or thing receiving the direct object. However I have only found examples of people such as "Tom gave Rose some flowers."
In the following sentence could table be the IO? "Tom put some flowers in the vase." Is the vase receiving the flowers?
And I am still confused because in some source they say the IO must come before the DO, while others say that it is also acceptable to come after the DO if there is a preposition: "We gave the cat food." vs. "We gave food to the cat."
And my very last doubt is with the following sentence"We can say a lot of things about him" what function does "about him" serve? Is it its own seperate object, or is it all a part of the direct object 'a lot of things about him' with the 'about him' being modifier to the things.
thanks in advance
In the following sentence could table be the IO? "Tom put some flowers in the vase." Is the vase receiving the flowers?
And I am still confused because in some source they say the IO must come before the DO, while others say that it is also acceptable to come after the DO if there is a preposition: "We gave the cat food." vs. "We gave food to the cat."
And my very last doubt is with the following sentence"We can say a lot of things about him" what function does "about him" serve? Is it its own seperate object, or is it all a part of the direct object 'a lot of things about him' with the 'about him' being modifier to the things.
thanks in advance
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Anonymous In the following sentence could table be the IO? " No. table cannot be the IO because table does not even occur in the sentence.
- Anonymous In the following sentence could table be the IO?
- " No.
- table cannot be the IO because table does not even occur in the sentence.
- flowers can't be the IO either.
- vase can't be the IO either.
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AnonymousIn the following sentence could table be the IO? "Tom put some flowers in the vase."No. table cannot be the IO because tabledoes not even occur in the sentence.
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