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Jumanah Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Sara was given...

Sara was given food.
Are"Sara" an indirect dative" and "food" a direct object?
  

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Jumanah Sara was given food. The sentence is passive voice. " "Food" is the direct object.

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  • Jumanah Sara was given food.
  • The sentence is passive voice.
  • " "Food" is the direct object.
  • I have never heard the term "indirect dative," but that does not mean that some grammarian or grammar book does not use it.
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JumanahSara was given food.
The sentence is passive voice.
The grammatical subject is "Sara."
"Food" is the direct object.

I have never heard the term "indirect dative," but that does not mean that some grammarian or grammar book does not use it.
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JumanahSara was given food.Are"Sara" an indirect dative" and "food" a direct object?
"Sara" is the subject. "food" is the direct object. The sentence is passive. The active voice form is Someone gave Sara food. In the active voice "Sara" is an indirect object and "food" is a direct object".

Indirect objects are sometimes said to be in the d
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