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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Indirect objects and object of the preposition
Consider this sentence:
Debra sent Todd a postcard.
Debra sent a postcard to Todd.
Both sentences have the same meaning but the parts of speech have changed. In sentence 1 Todd is an indirect object but in sentence 2 adding to makes it an object of the preposition. What is the rule?
mixed -up
Debra sent Todd a postcard.
Debra sent a postcard to Todd.
Both sentences have the same meaning but the parts of speech have changed. In sentence 1 Todd is an indirect object but in sentence 2 adding to makes it an object of the preposition. What is the rule?
mixed -up
Top answer
I see no rule, but only the accurate observation that you have already made.
- I see no rule, but only the accurate observation that you have already made.
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I see no rule, but only the accurate observation that you have already made.
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