Greetings to you all,
We have had the following sentence in our GSCE exam:
"He was awarded because of his scientific research."
Is this use of "award" with the indirect object (He) correct?
Or should the sentence be reworded to have a direct object, like this:
"He was awarded the Nobel Prize for his scientific research"?
Thank you very much
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The sentence is NOT OK ; the verb 'award' is one of the verbs that take two objects. That's, it needs a second object to make sense here. He was awarded WHAT? Was he awarded money, a prize or something else? The sentence maker should have enlightened us so as not to make us confused. Instead, you can say :
- He was awarded the Nobel Prize.
- They awarded him the Nobel Prize.
- They awarded the Nobel Prize to him.
- The Nobel Prize was awarded to him.
- He was honoured because of...
@Abdullah Mahrouse posted:We have had the following sentence in our GSCE exam:
"He was awarded because of his scientific research."
Is this use of "award" with the indirect object (He) correct?
Or should the wsentence be reworded to have a direct object, like this:
"He was awarded the Nobel Prize for his scientific research"?
Hi, Abdullah—I agree with Gemƴ that the sentence doesn't work (well) as written, but "award" does not require the presence of two objects in the sentence. In the passive, the following (in which the prize is subject) is possible:
(1) The Nobel Prize has been awarded.
The GSCE example would work if "awarded" were changed to "rewarded":
(2) He was rewarded because of his scientific research.
You can also say:
(3) He was given an award because of his scientific research.
Thank you very much
