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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

When do you use "to?"

There are some verbs which can take a direct and indirect object pronoun: example: I give him the book or I give the book to him. However, some verbs must take to with the indirect object. Example: I suggest the movie to him, and inversion is not possible. You cannot say "I suggest him the movie".

Question: is there a rule for this and is there a list of these verbs?

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org/wiki/Ditransitive_verb . These dynamic verbs usually involve the actions of giving/taking or communicating. html

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These are called http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ditransitive_verb.

These dynamic verbs usually involve the actions of giving/taking or communicating.

Here is one list I found by a quick googling, but I do not necessarily agree with all the ones on this list:

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AnonymousThere are some verbs which can take a direct and indirect object pronoun: example: I give him the book or I give the book to him. However, some verbs must take to with the indirect object. Example: I suggest the movie to him, and inversion is not possible. You cannot say "I suggest him the movie".
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