A little out of the mainstream, maybe, but not ungrammatical.īut "Give me him" is a perfectly ordinary statement that a group leader might say quite grammatically to someone who is assigning personnel to groups. There are probably lots more that would come to mind with a little more time.īut I continue to think there's nothing wrong grammatically with "Give me you now", as an impassioned seducee might say to her seducer. Then there are "despite" and "notwithstanding", which can be used in all those positions. "Make it with him", "bake it with him", "knit it with him", "build it with him", "buy it with him", "buy it from him", "order it with him", "order it from him", "get it with him", "get it from him". I'm sure there must be other prepositions that are used this way, but they're eluding me right now. The personal pronoun is expected to follow the verb directly, so the indirect object can't come before it. Oh baby, I’m not asking for the world, maybe you can give me what I want baby Come hold me tight and when I’m drowning, save me Give it to me on a daily If I’m your girl, say my name, boy Let me know I’m in control, we both grown so how I feel, we can let it show ( I-I-I ) won’t play around ( I-I-I ) won’t let you down, (I-I-l) I. The rule is that a verb doesn't take an indirect object when its direct object is a personal pronoun. If it's something you create or obtain, you can make it for him, bake it for him, knit it for him, build it for him, buy it for him, order it for him, get it for him. If it's a question or request, you can ask it of him. You can sell something to someone, tell it to him, read it to him, send it to him, lend it to him, offer it to him, pay it to him, take it to him, bring it to him.
"To" is probably most common, since it's used for actions directed towards the indirect object. The preposition is determined by the nature of the action. When the direct object isn't a personal pronoun, the same construction gives emphasis to the indirect object: "gave the car to me," "gave the car to my sister." What would have been the indirect object gets turned into a prepositional phrase instead. The personal pronoun is expected to follow the verb directly, so the indirect object can't come before it. Out of 100, my applications with a male name got 10 responses to interview Out of 100, my applications with a female name got 87 responses to interview The female resume got 870% more responses.Whatever rule is being followed here, can it be illustrated with verbs other than "give" and prepositions other than "to"? Sometimes the male went first, sometimes the female went first. Made a fake resume, and responded to craigslist ads with both male and female names. So then I thought "what about someone looking for working class jobs?" So I decided to focus on restaurants- servers, hosting, etc. Out of 100, my applications with a female name got 45 responses to interview The female resume was 650% more likely to get a callback. Out of 100, my applications with a male name got 7 responses for interview. I'd send it out with my real name, then a few days later (or few days before) with a female name. So I took my CV and changed the name to a female name. Oh, there an answer waits for me Is it more important that you keepme hanging on You might wake up one morning And youll find, that Ill be gone Love, is all I want from you, why dont you give to me your.
It's MUCH better being a woman So I did an experiment, I work in CS and decided to test what the gender bias is. 29.6K 1.3K sent 100 applications as a man and a woman.