Note 13 — Section 51. THE WHITE SHIP. V.
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When there is in a principal clause a transitive verb, the object of which is contained in a following objective clause, which often assumes the form of a supine (i.e. an infinitive with zu, see S. 1, N. 2), the object in the principal clause is frequently supplied by the pronoun es, which then may be called the grammatical object. This is more particularly the case when special emphasis is given to the verb contained in the principal clause; as—
Return to Section 51. THE WHITE SHIP. V.Return to Section 68. TENDER, TRUSTY, AND TRUE. VIII.Return to Section 107. THE DRAMA OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION OF 1848. VII.Return to Section 120. DO GOOD IN YOUR OWN SPHERE OF ACTION. II.Return to Section 121. THE STATE[1] OF IRELAND. (Conclusion of a Speech delivered[2] in the House of Commons in March 1868.) I.Return to INDEX TO THE GRAMMATICAL RULES AND IDIOMATIC RENDERINGS.Return to INDEX TO THE GRAMMATICAL RULES AND IDIOMATIC RENDERINGS.