3.18 human objects

When you are talking about something that affects a person rather than a thing, it is normal in English to say who that person is. Therefore, verbs such as 'anger', 'thank', and 'warn', which involve affecting people, usually occur in transitive clauses.

• My questions angered the crowd.
• Her sudden death had surprised everybody.
• Blue suits you.
• Money did not interest him very much.
• Lebel briefed Caron on the events of the afternoon.

3.19

Here is a list of verbs which usually have a human object:

• anger, brief, comfort, contact, frighten, interest, suit, surprise, tease, thank, trouble, warn