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I'm a German native speaker. In German, you can say: I believe him (the source) his story (the material). I don't believe her (source) anything (material). Using direct and indirect objects. Now, ...
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_______ is the lady Jim was talking to? a.) Who b.) Whom Hi all, may I know what is the answer to the above question? From my understanding of grammar rules, Jim is the subject and the lady is the ...
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In the phrasal verb talk somebody into something, can we say somebody is the object of the verb talk, and something is the object of the preposition into? Can we conclude that this phrasal verb has ...
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Garner contrasts women ’s having the vote (= the fact that they are eligible to vote) with women having the vote (= those women who are eligible to). Additionally, according to Swan (2017) Practical ...
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For several people each doing the same thing, English usually prefers a plural: Tell them to bring (their) books tomorrow. Each can follow an object but does not normally come at the end of a clause:...
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Is "A" the object of the Verb or the object of preposition in the case below? Verb + preposition + A (noun/pronoun) Ex: talk to her; look at her; sleep on the sofa
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I find [verb] it [object] frustrating [object complement] that the liberals have gained fewer votes than last time" can also be written as: I [subject] find [verb] {the fact} that the liberals ...
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I was reading a book, and then the following sentence appeared: "Our wisest move at this point is retreat" But this is not the only case where I've seen this, there are also sentences that ...
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In Modern Family (S06E05), the following sentence is spoken: Lily's parents were wrong about Mrs. Plank. What is the object of this sentence? Is Mrs. Plank the object - because Mrs. Plank is the ...
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In Steven Pinker's book The Sense of Style, he talks about the 'given-before-new' principle (most notably on pages 131–138). He states, '... people learn by integrating new information into their ...
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I'm a native English speaker, and I noticed that I sometimes use accusative pronouns (him, her, me) to replace actors in certain clauses. I have a feeling this is prescriptively considered incorrect ...
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In p.251, "Introduction to statistics and probability for engineers and scientists, Sheldon M.Ross, 6th edition", I found this sentence: By equating to zero, we obtain that the maximum ...
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It seems like 'my sister and her' are both subjects so it should be 'my sister and she'... And it would be if they worked on something specific together (the obvious object). Eg: My sister and she ...
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Disclaimer The question put forward as the pretext for mine's closure does not answer my question at all—that question contains “who(m)ever” in a clause acting as an object, which I have no trouble ...
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Go is clearly an intransitive verb. This source {Chomp Chomp_Robin L. Simmons} says: Some verbs, such as arrive, go, lie, sneeze, sit, and die, are always intransitive; it is impossible for a logical ...
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