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Re: Compound direct object?
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emily wilson-orzechowski <[log in to unmask]>
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Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Fri, 29 Oct 1999 13:10:06 -0400
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Michael,
    I would read the sentence you ask about as "People are blaming
Terry's parents and (are) not (blaming) Terry for his actions."  The
negative version of the verb is shortened through elipsis and "parents"
is the object of the positive version, and "Terry" is the object of the
negative one.  "Not" is an adverb with the second verb (implied).

Emily Wilson-Orzechowski

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