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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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Hi,
"The extent to which events in Rome and Athens rendered the G20 summit a fringe production was illustrated on Thursday evening, when journalists dropped what they were doing in the basement of Cannes' Palais des Festivals to watch a live transmission from the Greek parliament in Athens, where Mr Papandreou was speaking." [From The Independent.]
Is the "a fringe production" a direct object and "the G20 summit" an indirect one of the verb "rendered"?
Thank you.
"The extent to which events in Rome and Athens rendered the G20 summit a fringe production was illustrated on Thursday evening, when journalists dropped what they were doing in the basement of Cannes' Palais des Festivals to watch a live transmission from the Greek parliament in Athens, where Mr Papandreou was speaking." [From The Independent.]
Is the "a fringe production" a direct object and "the G20 summit" an indirect one of the verb "rendered"?
Thank you.
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No, there is no indirect obj. here. " Here "the party" is the dir.
- No, there is no indirect obj.
- here.
- " Here "the party" is the dir.
- obj.
- of the verb "made".
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No, there is no indirect obj. here. You see this type of structure with certain verbs, like "make," for example:
"He made the party a madhouse." Here "the party" is the dir. obj. of the verb "made". The words "a madhouse" can probably best be looked at as an elliptical construction (words have been omitted). So the full sentence would be something like: "He made the party into a madh
"He made the party a madhouse." Here "the party" is the dir. obj. of the verb "made". The words "a madhouse" can probably best be looked at as an elliptical construction (words have been omitted). So the full sentence would be something like: "He made the party into a madh
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