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If a preposition takes an object and is, as Merriam’s notes, “usually followed by” that object, it calls into question a sentence like “What did you do that for,” in which the ...
Benjamin Bruening, Double Object Constructions Disguised as Prepositional Datives, Linguistic Inquiry, Vol. 41, No. 2 (Spring 2010), pp. 287-305 ...