Using transitive and intransitive verbs
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Transitive verbs with two objects | page 1 of 4 |
Introduction
The grammar of English allows speakers and writers to represent actions and events as
involving one, two, or three participants 
. An action or event involving three
participants requires a subject plus two objects: a direct object and an indirect object.
The participant represented by the indirect object is normally someone who benefits
from the action, or who receives something, ie they receive the thing represented
by the direct object.
This file offers some comments about the form and behaviour of transitive verbs with two objects, and touches on the two passive versions which are possible.
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Introduction
Form and behaviour of transitive verbs with two objects
