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37 questions linked to/from What's wrong with "I'll open you the door"?
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British and other English variants of 'write to me' - 'write me'' [duplicate]
In British English, the standard is 'write to me'. In American English the standard is 'write me'.
Similar variants exist with 'out of the window' and 'out the window'.
When did the dropping of ...
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Give it me! Write me! [duplicate]
Our young grandson, who is a Mancunian, says 'give it me', and 'give it me back', which is a northern British standard.
It made me think that it is not only northerners who omit the indirect object ...
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Why not "I opened him the door"? [duplicate]
In actions that involve another person, we can structure sentences like the following examples:
I drove him home.
I cooked him a meal.
I gave him a spoon.
I threw him the ball.
I'm not sure of the ...
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Which one is more appropriate to use: "send you" or "send to you"?
Are both of the following sentences correct?
Let me know if there is still something I need to send to you.
Let me know if there is still something I need to send you.
Which one is more appropriate ...
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Is "Whom did you give the book?" ungrammatical?
You gave him the book. (1)
Based on the sentence (1),
it seems to me that the following form of question is possible:
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Reflexive love: where does "love me some ..." come from?
It seems trendy to use a reflexive-like construction with love or hate plus some, like this:
You know I love me some cheese!
I hate me some cold and the temperature is dropping.
Where did this come ...
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"Share me" or "Share with me"?
I heard people saying:
Can you please share me the slides?
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Can you share me the note, etc.?
I think it should be:
Can you please share the slides with me?
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Can you share the ...
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"to throw someone something" vs "to throw something at someone"
In the following sentence, the need for the at preposition is clear:
"He threw something at him"
However, if I started the sentence the other way round, it would feel (at least to me) as if the ...
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Why "answer me" but not "answer me the question"?
Why are "answer me" and "answer the question" acceptable but not "answer me the question"? Is it similar to "explain me (something)"?
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Is saying "Let me show you it" totally wrong?
My kids (8-10yrs) love to say things like this. It just rolls naturally out and I correct them often. Is there is a specific reason the grammar is wrong? Maybe for the brain it is more direct than ...
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Order of phrases after verb: Prefer "share with you X" or "share X with you"?
Which of these sentences is grammatically correct?
I wanted to share with you the outcomes of today's board meeting
I wanted to share the outcomes of today's board meeting with you
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"had me a blast" - what use of "have" is it?
Reading the Summer love lyrics, the lyrics go as follows: "summer love, had me a blast". I know that "have a blast" means to enjoy etc. But I do not think I could say "it has me a blast".
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Can "donate" be used as a ditransitive verb?
Are sentences like the following valid?
He donated the charity five hundred dollars.
She donated the children every penny she had.
We donated the library a large collection of books.
They won't ...
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"I gave him + INDIRECT OBJECT" vs. "I gave + INDIRECT OBJECT+ to him"
Consider these two sentences: "I gave him a pencil," and, "I gave a pencil to him."
Is it correct that the important part of the sentence is placed at the end? When we want to emphasize the pencil ...
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Use of verb to give is used alone or with preposition "to"? [duplicate]
Why is it that when I say "I will give this book to my daughter", I am using the verb "give" and the preposition "to", but "to" is not used in the following: "What kind of names do people in your ...