Hot Lava Mama Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 (edited) . Edited August 11, 2017 by Hot Lava Mama Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica_in_Switzerland Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 My best guess is because the IO is still receiving the action of the verb indirectly. John threw the dog a bone. ------ dog isn't giving us more information about the bone, but more information about the throwing. Anyway, that's how I'd reason it out, but there may be a more official response. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nansk Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 It is because the indirect object can also be re-written as an adverbial phrase: John threw a bone {to the dog}. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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