Hi Stephanie,
That's a good question!
Usually verbs, like "give," that have indirect objects, are in a
separate class from verbs like "consider" or "elect," those that have
object complements. But here's one that appears to have both:
The waitress served me my coffee black.
Does that work?
I'm glad to know that you're learning about grammar in eighth grade.
Please give my regards to your teacher and fellow students.
Sincerely,
Martha Kolln
>I received the inquiry below from an eighth grader. Would any of you
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>Richard Veit
>Department of English, UNCW
>Wilmington, NC 28403-5947
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Stephanie !!! [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 7:48 PM
>To: Veit, Richard
>Subject: Question about Complements
>
>Dear Mr. Veit,
>
>Hi, I'm Stephanie Lim, an 8th grader attending Pinewood School, CA,and I
>would like to know whether or not an indirect object and an objective
>complement can exist to be grammatically correct in a sentence.
>Currently in our Writing class we have been learning about complements,
>indirect object, direct object, and objective complements, and our
>teacher is unsure of whether an indirect object and an objective
>complement can be in the same snetence because many grammar textbooks do
>not state if in that case it is correct or incorrect.
>
>I am very interested whether sentences can obtain an indirect object and
>obective complement like in the sentence "I gave him the present
>unwrapped" because i would like to acknowledge people whether that in
>this case the sentence can be grammatically correct or incorrect and
>why. Thank you for taking your time to read my request.Please reply to
>me soon if possible. Thank you for reading my email again.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Stephanie Lim
>
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