English has a number of generally ditransitive verbs, such as give and grant, and many transitive verbs that can take an additional argument (commonly a beneficiary or target of the action), such as pass, read, bake, etc.: He gave Mary ten dollars. He passed Paul the ball. Jean read him the books. She is baking him a cake. English grammar allows for these sentences to be written alternately with a preposition (to or for): He gave ten dollars to Mary. ...

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Ditransitive verb, Ditransitive verb - English usage, Ditransitive verb - Passive voice, Ditransitive verb - Attributive ditransitive verbs, Ditransitive verb - Ditransitive/monotransitive alignment

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