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Danielm Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Midnight Objects brain meltdown

Hello everyone,

I'm having a bit of a nightmare. Could someone shed some light on what is going on in this sentence in terms of direct and indirect objects. What is my poor, tired brain missing that's probably blindingly obvious?

'He Invited Mark to the party'

How does it differ from this sentence?

'He sent a letter to mark' which I know can be written as 'He sent Mark a letter'

Thanks,

Daniel
  

Top answer

He invited Mark to the party. direct object - He sent a letter to Mark. direct object - He sent Mark a letter.

— Philip

  • He invited Mark to the party.
  • direct object - He sent a letter to Mark.
  • direct object - He sent Mark a letter.
  • indirect object direct object
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He invited Mark to the party. direct object - He sent a letter to Mark. direct object - He sent Mark a letter. indirect object direct object
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It's strange, my reply doesn't seem to be getting through. I'll try once more.

Thans for your answer Philip. The problem I was having was actually with '...to the party', what's happening there?

Sorry, I should have made that clearer before.

Thanks
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danielmThe problem I was having was actually with '...to the party', what's happening there?
I suspected that but didn't act on it. It's a prepositional phrase.
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The difference is that "send" is a ditransitive verb, and "invite" is not.
There are only a few verbs in English which can take two objects. Read more here:
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/internet-grammar/function/ditr.htm

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