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#1 27-Dec-2012, 09:11something to somebody
I want to ask that
Can we use all verbs in below structures or only these verbs show, give, send, lend, pass?
somebody something
something to somebody
For example, I want to buy you a present. Is it correct?
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#2 27-Dec-2012, 11:02Re: something to somebody
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#3 27-Dec-2012, 11:13Re: something to somebody
'All verbs'? Certainly not. Originally Posted by ulya
'Only these verbs. . .?' There may be a few more; I can think of tell.
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#4 27-Dec-2012, 11:37Re: something to somebody
It has to be a ditransitive verb to have the two objects, which excludes an awful lot of verbs.
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#5 27-Dec-2012, 18:15Re: something to somebody
You can't use "something to somebody" in the context of buying a present. Originally Posted by ulya
I want to buy a present for you.Remember - if you don't use correct capitalisation, punctuation and spacing, anything you write will be incorrect.
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