Timeline for Pronoun object needed or not?
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| Apr 25, 2019 at 13:09 | comment | added | alps | very much helpful, I appreciate it. | |
| Apr 25, 2019 at 12:10 | comment | added | virolino | I would not say that "give" is a problem. A problem is when one wants to say something, but does not provide the required details in the proper way. In this sentence, "give" is properly used. You just need to tell "to whom" to give. | |
| Apr 25, 2019 at 12:08 | comment | added | alps | So the problem here is merely the verb "to give', isn't it? Hence, I might say: The roads are too icy for us to drive on (without them)? | |
| Apr 25, 2019 at 11:49 | comment | added | virolino | "to give" requires a receiver: "them" or somebody / something else. Without anything, the sentence is plain incomplete, and most likely ungrammatical. And "them" is used exactly for the purpose of avoiding the repetition of "students". | |
| Apr 25, 2019 at 11:32 | comment | added | alps | I think the original sentence should be: she has very many students in the class. she can't give them individual attention. Thus, if objects are the same, the other object is not needed in infinitive construction, what do you suggest? | |
| Apr 25, 2019 at 11:23 | history | answered | virolino | CC BY-SA 4.0 |