Passive with Double Object Verbs
Would you be so kind as to check my reasoning?
Passive with Double Object Verbs can be formed in two ways:
They gave her a car. - She was given a car. ('personal passive')
They gave a car to her. - A car was given to her.
This possibility concerns double object verbs governing the indirect object with the preposition 'to' (give, lend, offer, pass, post, read, sell, send, show, promise, tell, etc.)
YET, with certain double object verbs (book, buy, get, cook, keep, bring, make, pour, save, find, etc.) personal passive cannot be formed due to the fact that they govern the indirect object with the preposition 'for', right?
They booked/bought/got/brought/found a ticket for her. - can't be transformed into the personal passive:
*She was booked/bought/got/brought/found a ticket.
Are there any exceptions to that rule?
Can't, say, bring be used in the personal passive?
?She was immediately brought a cup of coffee.?
Your help will be much appreciated,))
YETY
Top answer
YETYland They booked/bought/got/brought/found a ticket for her. She was immediately brought a cup of coffee.? The reason that 'brought' is an exception is that 'brought' can take either 'for' or 'to'.
- YETYland They booked/bought/got/brought/found a ticket for her.
- She was immediately brought a cup of coffee.?
- The reason that 'brought' is an exception is that 'brought' can take either 'for' or 'to'.
- It's the construction with '(bring) to ' that can be used in the personal passive.
- CJ
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YETYlandThey booked/bought/got/brought/found a ticket for her. - can't be transformed into the personal passive:*She was booked/bought/got/brought/found a ticket.Are there any exceptions to that rule?Can't, say, bring be used in the personal passive??She was immediately brought a cup of coffee.?
The reason that 'brought' is an exception is that 'brought' ca
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