Hi! In the following sentence: So far, fans have given the actors an enthusiastic thumbs up . Can we say that an enthusiastic thumbs up has the function of the direct object in this sentence? Thank you.

subject,direct object,indirect object,predicate nominative,objcet of a preposition,direct address,appositive,or an abjective complement. These terms describe the functions that words take when used in sentences . They are not properties of

Yes, they are, and (I presume you realize) their verbs are transitive: I deserve a vacation. I need supplies. I discover oil every year. In each of these sentences, the verb takes a direct object. Rgdz, - A.

Hi, The citizens of Taiwan vote for their president every four years. The students secretly voted their new teacher the best teacher in the school. Why does the first in the above contain "for" while the second

Hi, vineeta. Welcome to English forums. Thanks for joining us. Actually, "What" is the subject of these sentences. In this case it's a pronoun, third person singular. "You" is the direct object of the verb. It's like,

Thanks alot for the help now I got it how to do them,atleast this ones I notice what I have to do to find the direct object correctly,I was going for the last one pretty much there.Thanks again for the heads up,now I know what I have to do.

Previous climbers had cut steps in the ice. R: The ice the climbers got had cut steps . Steps ... ... ... by previous climbers. We use this room only on special occasions. R: On special occasions we used this room. This room ... ... ... They Are

We don't do the work for you. You do that and we check it. Here's a little help. Find the direct object of each sentence, then make a new sentence using that as the subject in the new sentence. CJ

These open spaces add variety to a city. "Variety" would be the direct object, because it is what is being added. The indirect object would be "city," because it is to what/whom "variety" is being added to. I hope

Because add is not a verb of giving, showing, or communicating, the inanimate object of to so often seen with it is not generally considered an indirect object. variety is indeed the direct object, but to a city is an ordinary prepositional