By Direct objects, Verbs

Both are correct. There is no difference in meaning between the two, but there is a slight difference in what is being emphasized. "Send your letters to me." The emphasis is on what ought to be sent. In this sentence, "your letters" is the object of the verb "send", and "to me" is a...

Hi, Malory. 1. "Preserving rare and valuable books and documents is one of the challenges FACING THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS." The construction in capital letters is a participial clause (present participial); it functions as post modifier of "challenges". It is what's also called a "reduced...

LESSON 7 WORD FOR TODAY: hit the sack Meaning: to sleep Sentence: I want to hit the sack early. (this idiomatic expression is commonly used.) LEARNING MOREABOUT INDIRECT OBJECTS Read these sentences carefully. Noticed that the highlighted direct objects are followed by (to + noun) or for +...

WORD FOR TODAY: take up Meaning: discuss Sentence: We take up stories in our English. LEARNING THE TRANSITIVE VERBS AND THE DIRECT OBJECTS A. Study the sentences below. Notice that the italicized verbs are followed either by nouns (nos. 1-3), by to + verb (nos. 4-5) or by –ing verbs (no. 6)....

I’m not a teacher, and oh my goodness, now I know why English teachers are worth their salt. I just can’t explain this in a simple way! I thought this question would be easy to answer but it’s not easy at all. Just because a word is commonly used and short doesn’t guarantee that it’s easy to...

I wouldn't know how to give a detailed explanation or description of all three types of clause in one post, so let's go step by step. Let's start with adjectival (or relative) clauses, since these are the easiest to identify. They can function only as postmodifiers of a nominal head. This...

Mirapence I'm constantly working on understanding phrases, but I figured that I can't neglect other grammatical apsects like complements and in/transitive verbs. And that's what today's post is devoted to. Mirapence, I would ask you to comment on some things and then see if what I wrote was...

verb: were subject: children the very young elementary school: all modfiers to the subject on slanted lines underneath misbehaving: gerund acting as direct object, during...performance: prepositional phrase modifying were in...auditorium: prepositional phrase modifying...

I thought that offering was a gerund our was the possessive modifying that gerund position was the direct obect of appreciate the second you was an indirect object of appreciate. My new question is Is hope the main verb of the sentence with I being the subject and what about the first you I...

Close. I = subject hope = INTRANSITIVE verb - requires no object (that) you appreciate our offering (you) this position = ADVERB clause Inside the adverb clause, that = preposition you appreciate our offering (you) this position = VERB clause Inside the verb clause you = subject appreciate =...