زَيْدًا أَكْرِمْ وَعَمْرًا لَا تُكْرِمْ
Honor Zayd and do not honor ʿAmr.
Object-fronting can operate in non-declarative speech as well. Here the imperative selects Zayd for honoring, while the prohibition excludes honoring ʿAmr.
The example matters because the choice of a dependent is rhetorical even when the sentence is a command rather than a true-or-false assertion. The context may identify or correct whom the command concerns.
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Fronting the Object: Correction, Restriction and Ordering of Complements
زَيْدًا أَكْرِمْ وَعَمْرًا لَا تُكْرِمْ
Honor Zayd and do not honor ʿAmr.
Object-fronting can operate in non-declarative speech as well. Here the imperative selects Zayd for honoring, while the prohibition excludes honoring ʿAmr.
The example matters because the choice of a dependent is rhetorical even when the sentence is a command rather than a true-or-false assertion. The context may identify or correct whom the command concerns.