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JKBelieve Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
Omitting 'to'
1. When can I take out 'to' from a sentence? For example is 'Can you recommend me
a good book?' is this possible....I omitted 'to' in front of 'me'
a good book?' is this possible....I omitted 'to' in front of 'me'
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With double object verbs, more commonly known as ditransitive verbs, it all depends on the verb. They sent me a gift. They sent a gift to me .
- With double object verbs, more commonly known as ditransitive verbs, it all depends on the verb.
- They sent me a gift.
- They sent a gift to me .
- They donated money to the church .
- They donated, to the church , money.
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With double object verbs, more commonly known as ditransitive verbs, it all depends on the verb.
They sent me a gift.
They sent a gift to me.
They donated money to the church.
They donated, to the church, money.
They donated the church money. (ungrammatical)
As for the verb "recommend", in my dialect of English, No
They sent me a gift.
They sent a gift to me.
They donated money to the church.
They donated, to the church, money.
They donated the church money. (ungrammatical)
As for the verb "recommend", in my dialect of English, No
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Please try to control yourself when writing thread titles, JK--
(1) all-capital letters are rude.
(2) try to refer directly and succinctly to your grammar point so that the search engine can locate your thread if you need to find it again after a couple of weeks.
Thanks.
(1) all-capital letters are rude.
(2) try to refer directly and succinctly to your grammar point so that the search engine can locate your thread if you need to find it again after a couple of weeks.
Thanks.
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Casi thank you so very much. I'll try never to forget that (is this grammatical?)
Mister Micawber I'm very sorry......I truly am. I guess I got a bit over-excited...
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Some verbs occur with two Objects:
Ditransitive verb is one that takes both a direct object and an indirect object.
EG: He gave her the letter. ('The letter' is the direct object, what he gave, and 'her' is the indirect object, the person he gave it to. This sentence can also be written 'He gave the letter to her'.)
Further understanding refer to
Ditransitive verb is one that takes both a direct object and an indirect object.
EG: He gave her the letter. ('The letter' is the direct object, what he gave, and 'her' is the indirect object, the person he gave it to. This sentence can also be written 'He gave the letter to her'.)
Further understanding refer to
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