the first 2 can\t be passivised 'cause they have no direct object the 3rd can be passivised but be aware!...you should keep the TENSE when you passivise...so the correct would be " all the film versions of this books ARE not found

"The father gave the little boy a spanking." One outstanding contributor recently used a similar sentence and said that the direct object was "the little boy." I assume that the gentleman was rushed for time and accidentally

I am not sure I follow your train of thought. A passive clause presupposes an active clause with a direct object. So if 'all parties are agreed' is passive, then 'all parties' must be the object of the corresponding active clause.

May I ask a very respectful question? Was it just a mistake when you labeled "the little imp" as d.o. and "a spanking" as i.o. According to what I learned, the d.o. is surely "a spanking" and the i.o. is "the

thanks clive you halped me alot! I think i really just might get an A thanks from snickers!

No one - subject said - verb that it would be easy - direct object The verb and direct object together form the predicate. The direct object is itself a subordinate clause: it - subject would be - verb easy - predicate adjective The verb and

It is correct as a noun phrase -- provided you capitalize I . It could be used as a subject or direct object, for example. Nevertheless, it is not a sentence. You'll have to put some other words with it to make a sentence. CJ

See Re: direct object indirect object . CJ

If the preposition is there, there is no direct object; it is intransitive.

"I'll fiddle with the frequency" Hi, since there's a preposition "with" between the direct object, "frequency" and verb, "fiddle"...does that still make "fiddle" a transitive verb