Hello one and all! I have been posting a lot of questions about
objects recently and here is another one! In the sentence She
persuaded her brother to do the dishes how many of you would
class "to do the dishes" as an object of the verb persuade? (her
brother is clearly the direct object - can "to do the dishes" be
classed as the indirect object? Is it an argument of the verb
persuade? And if not what would you say it is? I personally
would say it is an object and an argument but so many
definitions say an object must be a noun or a noun equivalent
and I don't think it could be said to be either. All opinions
welcome!