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Tenacious Learner Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Question about the verbs 'say' and 'tell'
Hi teachers,
I was told that the rule for the verbs 'say' and 'tell' is as follows:
a) You say something.
b) You tell someone something.
My question is, if that is the rule, how come in the sentence below we have 'said' + 'to Adam'?
‘Where is he? What’s he doing?’ Felix said to Adam.
Thanks in advance.
I was told that the rule for the verbs 'say' and 'tell' is as follows:
a) You say something.
b) You tell someone something.
My question is, if that is the rule, how come in the sentence below we have 'said' + 'to Adam'?
‘Where is he? What’s he doing?’ Felix said to Adam.
Thanks in advance.
Top answer
Hi, I'm not a native speaker, but it seems to me that the rule you were given is incomplete. a) You tell someone something. b) You say something to someone .
- Hi, I'm not a native speaker, but it seems to me that the rule you were given is incomplete.
- a) You tell someone something.
- b) You say something to someone .
- Both verbs can take two objects.
- H.
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Hi,
I'm not a native speaker, but it seems to me that the rule you were given is incomplete.
a) You tell someone something.
b) You say something to someone.
Both verbs can take two objects.
H.
I'm not a native speaker, but it seems to me that the rule you were given is incomplete.
a) You tell someone something.
b) You say something to someone.
Both verbs can take two objects.
H.
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