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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Verbs having three direct objects?

Some verbs can have two direct objects.

I asked her a few questions.
They envy us our success.

Is it possible for a verb to have three direct objects?
  

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Anonymous Some verbs can have two direct objects. I asked her a few questions . There is only one direct object.

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  • Anonymous Some verbs can have two direct objects.
  • I asked her a few questions .
  • There is only one direct object.
  • Don't confuse words and objects.
  • They envy us our success .
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AnonymousSome verbs can have two direct objects.

I asked her a few questions. There is only one direct object. Don't confuse words and objects.
They envy us our success. one direct object

Is it possible for a verb to
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AnonymousI asked her a few questions.
They envy us our success.
In your examples, "her" and "us" are indirect objects.
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khoff Anonymous I asked her a few questions. They envy us our success. In your examples, "her" and "us" are indirect objects.
Thanks, khoff. It appears that there was a previous post about this matter at

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By the way, is any of the sentences below grammatically incorrect?

They envy our success.
They envy us
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