In ordinary speech, “speak” does not take a direct object. You can speak the words, you can speak to somebody, but “speak words” is unusual. I would say literary. Why does this happen? I except idioms like “speak my mind” and “speak the truth”, and also the construction “Speak English”, where the language looks syntactically like a direct object, but I actually think it is a verbal modifier, like an adverb).

In ordinary speech, “speak” does not take a direct object. You can speak the words, you can speak to somebody, but “speak words” is unusual. I would say literary. Why does this happen? I except idioms like “speak my mind” and “speak the truth”, and also the construction “Speak English”, where the language looks syntactically like a direct object, but I actually think it is a verbal modifier, like an adverb).

In ordinary speech, “speak” does not take a direct object. You can speak the words, you can speak to somebody, but “speak words” is unusual. I would say literary. Why does this happen? I except idioms like “speak my mind” and “speak the truth”, and also the construction “Speak English”, where the language looks syntactically like a direct object, but I actually think it is a verbal modifier, like an adverb).

In ordinary speech, “speak” does not take a direct object. You can speak the words, you can speak to somebody, but “speak words” is unusual. I would say literary. Why does this happen? I except idioms like “speak my mind” and “speak the truth”, and also the construction “Speak English”, where the language looks syntactically like a direct object, but I actually think it is a verbal modifier, like an adverb).

In ordinary speech, “speak” does not take a direct object. You can speak the words, you can speak to somebody, but “speak words” is unusual. I would say literary. Why does this happen? I except idioms like “speak my mind” and “speak the truth”, and also the construction “Speak English”, where the language looks syntactically like a direct object, but I actually think it is a verbal modifier, like an adverb).

In ordinary speech, “speak” does not take a direct object. You can speak the words, you can speak to somebody, but “speak words” is unusual. I would say literary. Why does this happen? I except idioms like “speak my mind” and “speak the truth”, and also the construction “Speak English”, where the language looks syntactically like a direct object, but I actually think it is a verbal modifier, like an adverb).

In ordinary speech, “speak” does not take a direct object. You can speak the words, you can speak to somebody, but “speak words” is unusual. I would say literary. Why does this happen? I except idioms like “speak my mind” and “speak the truth”, and also the construction “Speak English”, where the language looks syntactically like a direct object, but I actually think it is a verbal modifier, like an adverb).

In ordinary speech, “speak” does not take a direct object. You can speak the words, you can speak to somebody, but “speak words” is unusual. I would say literary. Why does this happen? I except idioms like “speak my mind” and “speak the truth”, and also the construction “Speak English”, where the language looks syntactically like a direct object, but I actually think it is a verbal modifier, like an adverb).

In ordinary speech, “speak” does not take a direct object. You can speak the words, you can speak to somebody, but “speak words” is unusual. I would say literary. Why does this happen? I except idioms like “speak my mind” and “speak the truth”, and also the construction “Speak English”, where the language looks syntactically like a direct object, but I actually think it is a verbal modifier, like an adverb).

In ordinary speech, “speak” does not take a direct object. You can speak the words, you can speak to somebody, but “speak words” is unusual. I would say literary. Why does this happen? I except idioms like “speak my mind” and “speak the truth”, and also the construction “Speak English”, where the language looks syntactically like a direct object, but I actually think it is a verbal modifier, like an adverb).