A return question…
If we take the original sentence down a
bit, we have <language convinces us>. My eyes read <us> as the
direct object, which would then make <that a…explanation> the
clause that answers the question “What” (as in, what does the
language convince us). So…why would we take <us> as the indirect
object?
-patty
From: Assembly for the
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Subject: "convinces us
that..."?
List, I have a few questions
about the following sentence: <Poe's language,
however, gradually convinces us that a purely rational explanation will not
suffice, however neatly it fits the external facts. > Would you take
<us> as the indirect object? Would you take the <that> clause
after it as the direct object? Is this analogous to <He showed us a
monkey>? Does <convince> always take a noun clause object when it
takes an direct object? In <He convinced us>, is <us> now the direct
object, that is, we were the convinced ones, or is there still an implied
clausal direct object leaving <us> as an indirect object? Thanks, Scott Woods |
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