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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
The verb 'bet' taking three objects
Clay tells a cop to tell colleagues not to use cell phones; Clay believes the pulse generated by cell phones make zombie-like things of people.
And the cop asks Clay why.
"Don't use them," Clay said. "Tell the others. Don't use the cell phones."
"Why do you say that?"
"Because they were." He pointed to the dead woman and the unconscious girl. "Just before went crazy. And I'll bet you anything that the guy with the knife?"
<From "CELL" by Stephen King>
I think the verb can take three objects, here "you," "anything," and the "that" clause.
If so, I'd like to know other verbs taking three objects only if you remember some.
Thank you in advance for your help.
And the cop asks Clay why.
"Don't use them," Clay said. "Tell the others. Don't use the cell phones."
"Why do you say that?"
"Because they were." He pointed to the dead woman and the unconscious girl. "Just before went crazy. And I'll bet you anything that the guy with the knife?"
<From "CELL" by Stephen King>
I think the verb can take three objects, here "you," "anything," and the "that" clause.
If so, I'd like to know other verbs taking three objects only if you remember some.
Thank you in advance for your help.
Top answer
I don't see this as three direct objects. You generally bet something, like money. " But this is a complicated grammatical construction because here you actually have a dual meaning of the verb "bet": wager and surmise.
- I don't see this as three direct objects.
- You generally bet something, like money.
- " But this is a complicated grammatical construction because here you actually have a dual meaning of the verb "bet": wager and surmise.
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I don't see this as three direct objects. You generally bet something, like money. So here you have two direct objects, "anything," and the noun clause, and one indirect object, "you." But this is a complicated grammatical construction because here you actually have a dual meaning of the verb "bet": wager and surmise. So the sentence is essentially the following:
"I'll bet (to) you a
"I'll bet (to) you a
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AnonymousSo the sentence is essentially the following:"I'll bet (to) you anything (and I'll surmise) that the guy with the knife went insane and attacked them."I don't agree. "I'll bet you anything that the guy with the knife?" can be interpreted as an offer of a wager or as a guess, but the construction is the same. Whatever the messag
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