If you <\/span>watch TV or movies<\/span> to learn spoken English, you must have come across the following:\u00a0<\/span>Give me five. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>However, there was time I heard someone say \u2018Give five.\u2019 Is it correct? Are there any differences between<\/span> Give five<\/span><\/span> and <\/span>Give me<\/b> five<\/span>. \u00a0<\/span>In terms of <\/span>meaning<\/span>, there is <\/span>not much difference <\/span>between the two. That is, when someone says Give five or Give me five, you will do the same action, right?<\/span><\/p>\n

So, once again, if <\/span>Give five<\/span> correct? \u00a0<\/span>Absolutely <\/span>not<\/span>! \u00a0<\/span><\/span>Why? When you read grammar books, they will tell you the verb \u2018Give\u2019 takes two nouns (a person + a thing), but they do<\/span> Not <\/span><\/span>tell you why. \u00a0<\/span>
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\n<\/span>
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\n<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

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Well, bad news and good news. The <\/span>bad<\/span> news is <\/span>nobody<\/span> knows why, which is why grammar books do not explain it. It may due to the fact that people who speak English as a first language have been doing it since long long ago, and it is so <\/span>natural<\/span> that nobody cares to ask why.<\/span><\/p>\n
The<\/span> good<\/span> <\/b><\/span>news is: you can be<\/span> playful<\/b><\/span> about verbs. That is, you may group transitive verbs (verbs followed by nouns) into <\/span>two<\/span> types:\u00a0<\/span>Slim Verbs<\/span> and<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Fat Verbs<\/span>. \u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n
Slim verbs<\/span> are verbs (such as \u2018take\u2019 or \u2018like\u2019) that are followed by<\/span> one<\/span><\/span> noun only. <\/span><\/p>\n
\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n

<\/td>\n Verb followed by a noun<\/span><\/td>\n Noun \/ Pronoun<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n Take<\/span><\/td>\n it<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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I<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
like<\/span><\/td>\n it<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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\n<\/span>Well, imagine verbs are <\/span>just like people<\/span>. If you eat a hot dog a day, I guess you will be slim, right? So, they are called Slim Verbs because they <\/span>take only one noun<\/span> (one hot dog). \u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>On the contrary<\/span>, \u2018give\u2019 eats two hot dogs a day that it is a Fat Verb. So we have:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Fat<\/span> Verb<\/span><\/td>\n 1st<\/span> Hotdog<\/span><\/td>\n 2nd<\/span> Hotdog<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Give<\/span><\/td>\n me<\/span><\/td>\n five<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Give<\/span><\/td>\n me<\/span><\/td>\n a break<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Buy<\/span><\/td>\n me<\/span><\/td>\n a drink<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Show<\/span><\/td>\n me<\/span><\/td>\n the way<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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