"Direct object" before "indirect object"

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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Hello Mr.Torzen,

Here i am confused to use prepositions while using direct object before indirect object. Kindly clear me out.

He will bring a letter for you.
They sent a book to the boy.
He did a wrong to him
They played a trick on him.
He left all his property to them.
The old man told this story for me.
They lent ten rupees to me.
Show your new book to me.
I told a story to my little brother

Could you please verify and confirm as to whether the prepositions used by me is alright.

Thanks and regards,
msudan

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That’s like a combination of Torsten and Tarzan, which is probably adequate. :lol:

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Hello Mr.Torsten

Sorry for mentioning your name wrongly in my earlier mail.

Kindly advise me, whether the prepositions used before indirect objects are correct or not.

He will bring a letter for you.
They sent a book to the boy.
He did a wrong to him
They played a trick on him.
He left all his property to them.
The old man told this story for me.
They lent ten rupees to me.
Show your new book to me.
I told a story to my little brother

Thanks,
msudan

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October 10,2008
Hello,
Dear Torsten Daerr
I’m Woldeyohannes
I’m from Ethiopia.
I’m married.
I’ve two daughters and one son.
I’m Cost and Budget Division Head.
I work for Pharmaceuticals Fund and Supply Agency.
I’m intersted in learning English Lnguage.

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  • This the form and this is because ‘to play a trick on somebody’ is a regular usage. They played him a trick -may refer to some magic trick, played for him to see.

. This is the same as ‘the old man told me a story’ or ’ The old man told a story to me or us.’ There seems to be purpose like making you realize some point.

To me this one also seems to have a slight meaning difference. ‘To’ may be used in the place of ‘for’. But the preference should be left to the user and the meaning he wants to convey.

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Nothing to do with magic, I’m afraid. Normal collocation for that would be “showed/taugh him a trick”.

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I agree with Nancube that this would be the usual wording, and that “him” would normally not be placed in front of “a trick”.

“They played him a trick” is not a wording I would expect.
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Hi Msudan

My comments and corrections are in [color=blue]blue.

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i still have problems with direct and indirect object could you give me a hand please also i want to knowledge the difference between adj adver and noun clause

10

pleasei need some one to explaine to me the difference between direct and indirect object

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Hi Merocasa

A verb acts directly on a “direct object”. The direct object is the recipient of the action of the verb:

  • He threw the ball.

The word “he” is the subject or the “doer” of the action.
The word “threw” is the verb.
The word “ball” is the direct object.

An indirect object generally tells you to whom or for whom the action is done. In other words, an indirect object is only indirectly affected by the action of the verb:

[i]- He threw me the ball.

  • He threw the ball to me.[/i]

In both of the sentences above, the indirect object is “me”.
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