Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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No can do
Hi,
In the sentence: "I asked him to give me a lift but he told me no can do" there is a clause "...he told me no can do" where me is an indirect object and no can do a direct one. My question is: can I say that the verb phrase "no can do" is an equivalent of a noun phrase and should be treated as such?
Thank you.
In the sentence: "I asked him to give me a lift but he told me no can do" there is a clause "...he told me no can do" where me is an indirect object and no can do a direct one. My question is: can I say that the verb phrase "no can do" is an equivalent of a noun phrase and should be treated as such?
Thank you.
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he told me no can do" where me is an indirect object and no can do a direct one. My question is: can I say that the verb phrase "no can do" is an equivalent of a noun phrase and should be treated as such? You could look at it that way.
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Hi,
In the sentence: "I asked him to give me a lift but he told me no can do" there is a clause "...he told me no can do" where me is an indirect object and no can do a direct one. My question is: can I say that the verb phrase "no can do" is an equivalent of a noun phrase and should be treated a
In the sentence: "I asked him to give me a lift but he told me no can do" there is a clause "...he told me no can do" where me is an indirect object and no can do a direct one. My question is: can I say that the verb phrase "no can do" is an equivalent of a noun phrase and should be treated a
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