Frage 89

Which sentence contains an error in the say-vs-tell contrast involving a direct personal object?

The conductor said the orchestra that the tempo needed more energy.Richtige Antwort
The pilot told the passengers that the turbulence would soon ease.
The curator said that the lower gallery would reopen after lunch.
The gardener said to the volunteers that the seedlings needed shade.

Erklärung

The conductor sentence is erroneous because said the orchestra places a person directly after said. It would need said to the orchestra, while told the orchestra can take the recipient without a preposition.

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