I'd go with an adverbial prepositional phrase. 'To me' certainly modifies 'hit', does it not? Is it different than "Jack hit the ball quickly?" Edward Vavra wrote: > I was recently asked about "to me" in the sentence "Jack hit the > ball to me." Is "to me" an adverbial prepositional phrase, or can it > be considered a prepositional phrase that functions as an indirect > object, i.e., as a noun? My question is--Do members of this list agree > on one or the other explanation, or is their disagreement? > Thanks, > Ed > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by EduTech's *MailScanner* > <http://www.mailscanner.info/> Vaccine1, and is > believed to be clean. To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please > visit the list's web interface at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or > leave the list" > > Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/ > -- James Sebastian Bear Montpelier Public School www.montpelier.k12.nd.us/classroom.html To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/