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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

MISSING OBJECT or COMPLEMENT?

"You don't know about me." Is this grammatically correct? Is something missing such as, "You don't know ANYTHING about me." Is 'about me' a complement? If 'anything' were aded would it be an object?
Many thanks
Annette
  

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Hello, Annette. -- Yes. " -- No, although that sentence is OK, too.

— Mister Micawber

  • Hello, Annette.
  • -- Yes.
  • " -- No, although that sentence is OK, too.
  • -- You can look at it as 'know about' (prepositional verb) + 'me' (object) or 'know' (intransitive verb) + 'about me' (prepositional phrase as adverb).
  • - Yes.
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Hello, Annette.

You don't know about me." Is this grammatically correct?-- Yes.
Is something missing such as, "You don't know ANYTHING about me."-- No, although that sentence is OK, too.
Is 'about me' a complement?-- You can look at it as 'know about' (prepositional verb) + 'me' (object) or 'know' (intransitive verb) + 'about me' (prepositional phrase as adverb)
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Dear Mr Micawber Many thanks for your detailed explanation. Greatly appreciated,
Annette
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