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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Linguistics Studies
Two objects?
Are there two objects here?
Blame the crisis on the banks.
Blame the crisis on the banks.
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No, nor are there two in 'Blame the banks for the crisis'.
- No, nor are there two in 'Blame the banks for the crisis'.
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No, nor are there two in 'Blame the banks for the crisis'.
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No, nor are there two in 'Blame the banks for the crisis'.
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Mister Micawber.
No, nor are there two in 'Blame the banks for the crisis'.
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Is that the same type of sentence?
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How about "charge him with treason"? That has two objects, doesn't it?
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I've asked wider and it appears there are actually two objects in the thread post.
The crisis is the direct object of blame and the banks is the object of "on".
The crisis is the direct object of blame and the banks is the object of "on".
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The crisis is the direct object of blame and the banks is the object of "on"Yes, of course; I presumed you were speaking of verb objects.
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