something to somebody

[ulya]

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?

 

[Chicken Sandwich]

***** NOT A TEACHER *****

For example, I want to buy you a present. Is it correct?

Yes.

 

[Rover_KE]

Can we use all verbs in below structures or only these verbs show, give, send, lend, pass?

'All verbs'? Certainly not.

'Only these verbs. . .?' There may be a few more; I can think of tell.

Rover

 

[Tdol]

It has to be a ditransitive verb to have the two objects, which excludes an awful lot of verbs.

 

[emsr2d2]

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?

You can't use "something to somebody" in the context of buying a present.

I want to buy a present for you.