Give it me.

[Hen Hanna]

actually, I think we're using more prepositions than before.

e.g., Give it me. ---> Give it to me.


>>> @Joe, really? Where are you from? I'm pretty sure that I've never heard a native speaker deliberately say something like give it me in my entire life. – JSBձոգչ Jan 19 '11 <<<


[Give it me.] occurs in Tinker, Tailor, ... (said by Alec Guinness)



@JSBangs: it's also used a number of times in Shakespeare (consistent with it being the older form, as mentioned in the quote in RegDwight's answer about Scots): "I pray thee, give it me" (Midsummer Night's Dream); "A good wench, give it me." (Othello); "I was sure your lordship did not give it me." (Julius Caesar) – psmears Jan 19 '11


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Nurse, give it me; my sword shall soon dispatch it. Titus Andronicus: IV, ii

I pray thee, give it me. A Midsummer Night's Dream: II, i


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give it to me: what, is it in the case? King Henry IV, part I: V, iii

[Madrigal Gurneyhalt]

If this were 1870, you might have a point. In 2018 the ship has
long ago sailed.

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