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Eipjoo Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Verb 'carry'

Can’t verb ‘carry’ constitute a sentence of ‘carry + indirect object + direct object’? For example: “The owls carry us mail.”
  

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eipjoo Can’t verb ‘carry’ constitute a sentence of ‘carry + indirect object + direct object’? ” "carry" is not used in the way you describe above. Whether there is a good reason for that or whether it is just tradition is something I am not sure of.

— Canadian45

  • eipjoo Can’t verb ‘carry’ constitute a sentence of ‘carry + indirect object + direct object’?
  • ” "carry" is not used in the way you describe above.
  • Whether there is a good reason for that or whether it is just tradition is something I am not sure of.
  • I'll think about it further.
  • The owls carry mail to us .
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eipjooCan’t verb ‘carry’ constitute a sentence of ‘carry + indirect object + direct object’? For example: “The owls carry us mail.”
"carry" is not used in the way you describe above. Whether there is a good reason for that or whether it is just tradition is something I am not sure of. I'll think about it further.

The owls carry mail to us
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eipjoo Can’t verb ‘carry’ constitute a sentence of ‘carry + indirect object + direct object’? For example: “The owls carry us mail.”
It depends who you ask. According to Beth Levin (English Verb Classes and Alternations, 1993),

"There are differences of opinion as to exactly which verbs show the alternation. For instance, Gropen et al. (1989)
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May I ask what Levin's word 'alternation' and 'alternating' means?
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eipjooalternation
One of two grammatical patterns that mean the same thing.

1 I will give Mary the money. (One alternation.)
2 I will give the money to Mary. (Another alternation.)

The alternation she's talking about in that quotation in my previous post is 1, which is the one you asked about: verb + indirect object + direct object ~
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