ESL General English Grammar Questions

Re: Direct and indirect

CalifJim — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 19:21:26 GMT

         ___
          |_X_|
       *             *
| ---> |
        a          b

a: a person
b: a person
X: a thing

At the beginning, person a has the thing (X).
Person a gives the thing (X) to Person b.
X moves from Person a to Person b.
At the end, Person b has the thing (X).

a: the subject
b: the indirect object
X: the direct object

Mr. Atkins [gave / sent / brought] Mr. Brown a big package.

Mr. Atkins is the subject.
Mr. Brown is the indirect object
a big package is the direct object

CJ

Re: Direct and indirect

Philip — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 16:35:15 GMT

Anonymous wrote:

please you help me direct and indirect

please

It seems that our explanations haven't helped. Try giving us some more specific examples with what you think are the distinctions, and we can help you in case of error. Did my definitions earlier not help?

Re: Direct and indirect

Anonymous — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:19:30 GMT

please you help me direct and indirect

please

Re: Direct and indirect

Anonymous — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 15:51:19 GMT

Mister Micawber wrote:

These are correct:

To whom did you give a ball?
What did you give RAM?
What did you give to RAM?

please help me in exersice direct and indirect

Re: Direct and indirect

Philip — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 16:25:08 GMT

Anonymous wrote:
“please you heip me please because i am a like english and in my school the chapter direct and indirect explaned but i dont no what is direct and what is indirect

A short, generally correct definition. Direct object receives the action of the verb: threw the ball; sent the gift. Indirect object receives the direct object: threw me the ball; sent her the gift. There isn't always an indirect object to go with the direct object, but there must be a direct object before you can have an indirect object.

Just to confuse the matter a little: there are some cases where the indirect object can be replaced by a prepositional phrase, as in he threw the ball to me; sent the gift to her. The result is the same, but the structure is different.

Re: Direct and indirect

pieanne — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 15:49:11 GMT

Please ask us precise questions with examples, and we'll do our best

Re: Direct and indirect

Anonymous — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 15:41:22 GMT

“please you heip me please because i am a like english and in my school the chapter direct and indirect explaned but i dont no what is direct and what is indirect

Re: Direct and indirect

Mister Micawber — Fri, 31 Dec 2004 06:09:40 GMT

These are correct:

To whom did you give a ball?
What did you give RAM?
What did you give to RAM?

Direct and indirect

hanuman_2000 — Fri, 31 Dec 2004 04:55:20 GMT

Sir,

1.I gave RAM a ball.

I have to make questions for direct and indirect object.

"RAM" is an indirect object.

1.Whom did you give a ball.

2.To whom did you give a ball.

Which one is correct?

"a ball" is a direct object?

1.What did you give RAM.

2.What did you give to RAM.

Which one is correct?

Thanks.