Re: THEORY: more questions
| From: | Paul Bennett <paul-bennett@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, November 25, 2003, 23:53 |
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On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 18:23:46 -0500, Roger Mills <romilly@...> wrote:
> In declarative sentences, the DO must also be moved, if both objects are
> pronouns. "He gave it to me" (?*he gave me it, ?*he told me it, etc. are
> odd, though they probably occur by inadvertence).
"He gave me it" and it's analogues appear perfectly frequently in both my
ideolect, and that of my wife. I'm from central England, she's from rural
North Carolina. I'm sure I've heard them frequently enough on both British
and American TV, too.
Paul