10-12-2012, 06:40 PM
http://grammarist.com/usage/endear/
"In its traditional sense, endear (meaning to make dear) is a reflexive verb, with its direct object making itself dear to the indirect object. For example, I might endear myself (direct object) to you (indirect object) with this post if you find it useful, or you might endear yourself (direct object) to me (indirect object) by posting a comment expressing your thanks. Nowadays, endear isn’t always reflexive, but the direct object/indirect object distinction still applies."
Which I think means that I am still wrong. I was aware as I wrote it that it sounded odd, but the larger idea swamped the minor detail. Having said that, if I saw it written by someone else, I might have mentioned it too.
What I said about DA still stands though!
"In its traditional sense, endear (meaning to make dear) is a reflexive verb, with its direct object making itself dear to the indirect object. For example, I might endear myself (direct object) to you (indirect object) with this post if you find it useful, or you might endear yourself (direct object) to me (indirect object) by posting a comment expressing your thanks. Nowadays, endear isn’t always reflexive, but the direct object/indirect object distinction still applies."
Which I think means that I am still wrong. I was aware as I wrote it that it sounded odd, but the larger idea swamped the minor detail. Having said that, if I saw it written by someone else, I might have mentioned it too.
What I said about DA still stands though!