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  • Asked on May 8, 2021 in Phrases.

    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).

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  • Asked on May 8, 2021 in Phrases.

    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).

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  • Asked on May 7, 2021 in Phrases.

    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).

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  • Asked on May 5, 2021 in Phrases.

    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).

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  • Asked on May 4, 2021 in Phrases.

    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).

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  • Asked on May 3, 2021 in Phrases.

    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).

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  • Asked on May 2, 2021 in Phrases.

    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).

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  • Asked on May 2, 2021 in Phrases.

    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).

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  • Asked on April 28, 2021 in Phrases.

    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).

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  • What is proper first sentence?

    There used to be some teachers who had a mad idea that there was something wrong with this, but they’ve mostly gone now.

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