Indirect object "someone else"
They say you only discover how well you understand something when you try to tell someone else.
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Is the sentence above a conditional one?
Is "someone else" an indirect object in the clause when you try to tell someone else?
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anonymous Is the sentence above a conditional one? No. There is no "if" in the sentence.
- anonymous Is the sentence above a conditional one?
- No.
- There is no "if" in the sentence.
- anonymous Is "someone else" an indirect object in the clause when you try to tell someone else ?
- As I learned it, yes , but there is some controversy about this in modern grammar, so you may find those who will say it has to be a direct object because otherwise there is no direct object in the sentence, and according to this modern theory, you can't have an indirect object without a direct object.
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anonymousIs the sentence above a conditional one?
No. There is no "if" in the sentence.
anonymousIs "someone else" an indirect object in the clause when you try to tell someone else?
As I learned it, yes, but there is some controversy about this in modern grammar, so you may find those who will say i
0anonymousIs "someone else" an indirect object in the clause when you try to tell someone else?
The sentence is faulty, so the grammar is moot. "Tell" has the wrong sense for the sentence. You try to explain it to someone else. She actually does it right later in the piece.
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