By Direct objects, Prepositions

Dear Anonymous, all you need to do is just ask your teacher or a friend for help and i am sure that they will come truogh for you. Signed : Mrs. English

There's some differentiation between the two here, they seem to be considered synonyms only for the meaning 2: --------- till Function:preposition 1 chiefly Scotland a : to a place of arrival : through to : as far as <till an end> b : to or toward a limit or goal ...

Anonymous wrote: Although English is not my vernacular language, I believe that "whomever" is correct. For example, you give something to "someone." Someone cannot be nominative subject; whence "give this to "whomever" is correct. Lesly Guest answered the question perfectly in the...

The post a couple spots above mine is wrong...in the sentence, "I gave him a pen," "him" is the indirect object and "a pen" is the direct object. He gave a pen. He did not give him (as a gift, I would presume?). The indirect object always comes before the direct object in English.

If an indirect object is not in a prepositional phrase, then how in the phrase "to him" can "him" be an indirect object? It should be the object of the preposition.

that is true a indirect object does not come in a prepisitional phrase.

None of us remembers Mum's birthday. none of us = subject none = indefinite pronoun, and the relationship between none and us is established by the preposition: of. of us is a prep phrase and modifies none remembers = transitive verb Mum's birthday = direct object of the verb. On Mum's...

Dear CalifJim Thanks again for your prompt and most helpful advice. And here are some more questions on sentence analysis for you or those who would be so kind...... None of us remembers Mum's birthday. How should the phrase 'none of us’ be analysed: a. 'none of us’ is the complete...

1. The analyses are correct. (You should have gives in both sentences, by the way.) 2. There are two different ways of analyzing that. It depends on how the author or teacher is using the terminology. Ask your teacher his or her preference on these. a. According to one approach, to...

Dear friends I am here to pick your brains again. Q1: Are the following analysis correct? My sister gives me a present. (subject / verb / indirect object / direct object) My sister give a present to me. (subject / verb / direct object / prepositional phrase) Q2: So, is it correct to say...