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AMATEUR 4/25/2019 amateur : a person who does something (such as a sport or hobby) for pleasure and not as a job Learn More »
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In the sentence "You forgave me my mistake" are there two direct objects or is one a direct object and the other an indirect object?  — Min Kyung Jun, South Korea
"My mistake" is the direct object and "me" is the indirect object....
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