The person we had assigned the job (to)..

[NAL123]

1) The person we had assigned the job didn't do it well.
2) The person we had assigned the job to didn't do it well.

Which is correct?

 

[Amigos4]

Which do you think is correct?

 

[NAL123]

Which do you think is correct?

I don't know. I know the following are correct:

We assigned him the job.
We assigned the job to him.

 

[Annabel Lee]

1) The person we had assigned the job didn't do it well.

2) The person we had assigned the job to didn't do it well.

Which is correct?

Only (2) is correct. In (1), the relativized element of the relative clause is an indirect object (We had assigned __ the job), and indirect objects don't relativize well, as most comprehensive grammars of English will confirm.

 

[NAL123]

Only (2) is correct. In (1), the relativized element of the relative clause is an indirect object (We had assigned __ the job), and indirect objects don't relativize well, as most comprehensive grammars of English will confirm.

Thank you . And what about these:

3) The job you assigned me is done.
4) The job you assigned to me is done.

Which is correct? Here the subject is a direct object.

 

[5jj]

3) The job you assigned me is done.

Here the subject is a direct object.

'me' is an indirect object.

 

[emsr2d2]

Thank you. no full stop here

If you must use an emoji, put it after the closing punctuation mark.

And what about these?

Don't forget the question mark at the end of a question.

 

[Annabel Lee]

3) The job you assigned me is done.
4) The job you assigned to me is done.

Which is correct? Here the subject is a direct object.

Both are correct. In each, you have relativized the direct object within the relative clause:

[which] you assigned me __​

[which] you assigned ___ to me​

The difference is that (3) has an indirect object ("me") in the relative clause, whereas "me" functions as the object of a preposition in (4). (If you're one of those people who call objects of prepositions indirect objects, then I will have to call 3 a "double-object construction" instead, to specify the difference.) Those sentences are as natural and grammatical as:

3a) The letter you sent me was nice.​

4a) The letter you sent to me was nice.​

 

[Tait-ka]

Don't forget the question mark at the end of a question.

I have a question.

Is the sentence below also correct?

Don't forget a question mark at the end of a question.

 

[Rover_KE]

I have a question.

Unnecessary. Just go ahead and ask your question.

Is the sentence below also correct?

Don't forget a question mark at the end of a question.

Yes.

 

[emsr2d2]

Is the sentence below also correct?

Don't forget a question mark at the end of a question.

Yes, but if I'd chosen to use the indefinite article I'd have preceded it with "to put".

 

[Annabel Lee]

I think the question mark is best understood as a name in "Don't forget the question mark at the end of a question."

We often use the when referring to punctuation marks by name: the semicolon, the comma, the apostrophe, the dash, etc.

The only exceptions seem to be with punctuation marks whose names are plural: quotation marks, ellipsis points.

 

[Tait-ka]

Don't forget a question mark at the end of a question.
Don't forget the question mark at the end of a question.

What's the difference in meaning here? @Rover_KE @emsr2d2

 

[Rover_KE]

I see no difference.