Monday, 16 May 2016

grammar - What do you call a verb which accepts 2 nouns?

You can call them ditransitive verbs, which are transitive verbs that accept two objects.




We gave George a puppy.
Alice gave Charles the rubbit.




In these examples, George and Charles are the indirect objects.



The same page makes a distinction between ditransitive verbs, and complex transitive verbs, which are verbs using two complements.




She considered George a friend.
Alice called Charlie amusing.




In the latter example, George is the direct object, and a friend is an object complement.



As far as I know, in English verbs don't take more than two objects.

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