Actually, it's all in the title.
- Would you make me a cup of coffee, please?
- Would you make a cup of coffee for me, please?
Is there any difference either in the meaning or traditional usage?
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13Number 1 allows my father-in-law to respond, “Ok you’re a cup of coffee.” – Jim Apr 27 '17 at 14:38
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2As long as you wind up getting a cup of coffee out of it, either one's OK. But only in that situation. A sentence like *Would you open me the door, please? is ungrammatical. – John Lawler Apr 27 '17 at 14:48
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Some of these decisions on ditransitivity / benefactiveness (?) are not held by everyone. 'Pick me some flowers' usually causes a divide. – Edwin Ashworth Apr 27 '17 at 15:15
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@JohnLawler Thanks, got it. Should I delete the question or should it be market as a duplicate? – Zverev Evgeniy Apr 27 '17 at 18:04
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@ZverevEugene You're welcome. Don't worry about the question. – John Lawler Apr 28 '17 at 14:26
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Possible duplicate of What's wrong with "I'll open you the door"? – Zverev Evgeniy May 03 '17 at 17:50
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If I got it right, the question is already answered here: What's wrong with “I'll open you the door”?
I don't pretend to fully understand the concept of an object (a cup of coffee in my case) being either transferred or not from a subject (non-described state of the semi-finished coffee in my case) to an indirect object (me in my case). But I see enough to begin reading further.
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