| From: | Stone Gordonssen <stonegordonssen@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, June 15, 2003, 19:44 |
>I'd consider "I give the dog to John" to be an example of a transitive >verb with an oblique recipient, while "I give John the dog" is an >example of a ditransitive. But I'm hardly an expert here...Will you elaborate on this? It is an issue with which I am struggling in my new conlang. Thanks. _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail
| Garth Wallace <gwalla@...> |