Sentences with ditransitive
di·tran·si·tive
D d - Consider the case of the ditransitive construction, exemplified by I gave the child a present.
- Highly specific semantic constraints are associated directly with the ditransitive argument structure.
- Verbs that act this way are known as ditransitive, meaning simply that they somehow always imply two objects - even if both are not always expressed.
- Places to look for ditransitive verbs include the translations of give, sell, and tell.