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What type of verbs take a clause as the direct object?

We have detailed transitivity classification for the valence and the number of objects a verb can take. Some transitive verbs can take a complete sentence (a clause) as the direct object. For example, ...
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What percentage of verbs in English take both a direct and an indirect object?

I am assuming that the number of transitive verbs that take both a direct and indirect object in English is a subset of those that just take just a direct object. Does anyone know how much smaller? ...
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Intransitive verbs that take Indirect objects

Can there be intransitive verbs which take an indirect object? In the sentence "It pleases me" is "me" an indirect or direct object? What languages frequently have indirect objects in a sentence ...
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