http://www.englishforums.com/search/pro.htm?q=tag%3aIndirect+ObjectsSearch results for 'tag:Indirect Objects' matching tag 'Indirect Objects'en-USXMOD (Build: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/IQuestionsAboutPassivazation/kvgdk/post.htmTue, 11 Aug 2009 04:59:53 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:856657duciplineHello, I've got some questions about passivazation and the use of indirect object. Firstly, I met a sentence, Good care was taken of the children by Mary , which was indicated as acceptable in grammaticality. Its corresponding active voice sentence was Mary took good care of the children. I thought the passivization above is incorrect and the correct passive counterpart should be The Children were taken good care of by Mary . Which one is correct and why? Secondly, I wonder if I gave her it is acceptable sentence. Specifically, I'd like to learn about uses of indirect and direct objects when both are pronouns and indirect precedes direct, such as Give me it, I gave him it and so on. If someone helps...http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheAnalysisAnalyticalLanguages/bkdzc/post.htm#598853Sat, 29 Nov 2008 15:56:25 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:598853anonymousI do not. Perhaps due to the bias I have as a native English speaker, I believe concepts that rely on the establishment of the relationships between people and objects, objects and other objects, and people and time are most easily understood universally through one or (as is often the case in German-English dialogue) more than one preposition, rather than through affixes. In the large, meanings are understood better when the item that distinguishes its meaning is largest, as usually prepositions constitute larger morphemic units than do affixes, which essentially seek to accomplish the same goal: establishing relationships between people, things, and time (among many other aspects of grammar). Take, for example, German. In German,...http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhoVersusWhom/hrvrz/post.htm#586673Wed, 12 Nov 2008 02:14:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:586673alpheccastarsFirstly, to clarify, will the 'who/whom' always be at the start of the dependent clause? >> I think so. Most examples I have seen, who/whom is either the object of a proposition (starting the dependent clause), or very close to the noun that it references, and starting the dependent clause. Others may be able to find a counter example, though. Secondly, Also, will it ever be in the main clause? For example, 'whom is this story about?'- there is no dependent clause. >> Who / whom may be used in the main clause, mainly in questions. In indicative, mostly you will see who/whom in dependent clauses. The reason I ask these questions is because I want to have a method/process I go through to establish if it is...http://www.englishforums.com/English/InversionsReportedSpeech/gqmnp/post.htmTue, 04 Nov 2008 04:10:32 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:583438blue-eyed smilerWhen do we useinversions in Reported Speech? I mean if we have indirect objects and different attributes, adverbs and so on?http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsGrammaticallyCorrect/gqmbz/post.htm#583238Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:14:40 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:583238cliveHi, I get more money than I give to, or from him. instead of: Say it this way. I get more money from him than I give him to to him . You need to say 'to him' for the same reason that you say 'from him', ie the preposition comes before the pronoun. You can also omit the 'to', ie I get more money from him than I give him . I don't want to know if it sounds good, I only want to know why it is grammatically correct or no. I would also appreciate if you can cite a source. 'Money' is the direct object in both parts of the sentence. 'From him' and 'to him' are indirect objects. Any good grammar book should have a discussion of direct/indirect objects. Best wishes, Clivehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/DirectIndirectObjects/gqjrp/post.htmFri, 31 Oct 2008 20:48:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:582350anonymousPlease help me determine if the following sentences have direct or indirect objects: 1. We saw him. 2. The audience applauded the actors. thanks,http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsThisSentenceCorrect/gpmrw/post.htm#578486Tue, 21 Oct 2008 02:48:22 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:578486alpheccastarsIt is very difficult to understand what you mean. It would help if you did not use the general verb "advise" so much. Also, make the direct and indirect objects explicit. For example: Christine told me that Holman had agreed to change the payment term to L/C. Would you please respond to me with the date of (the agreement or the date you agreed to the change; it is not clear what agreement you are talking about) ? If you prefer, you can reply to (Holman?) directly. Please let me know what you would like to do next.http://www.englishforums.com/English/TroubleFindingSubjectsObjects-Verbs/gnzdj/post.htmTue, 16 Sep 2008 01:54:40 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:566500v878Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Instructions: For each clause, identify (if present) the subject, direct object, indirect object, main verb, subjective complement, objective complement Sentence 1: Indeed a most fruitful consequence of the Turing machine has been with the creation, study and computation of functions which are computable, i.e., in computer programming. Sentence 2: This is not surprising since computers can compute so much more than we yet know how to specify. A few more sentences I wasn't sure of. For Sentence 1, is "consequence" the only subject? Also is "been" the main...http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheReason/glpqq/post.htm#560104Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:58:50 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:560104tanitOn reflection, I think I must amend one thing I wrote earlier. (General statements are always dangerous when speaking about English...sorry ) ...while some need to be followed by an indirect object (i.e. one preceded by a preposition) ... Sometimes indirect objects are not preceded by a preposition. This happens, for instance, with verbs like send/give/write : John gave me the book. John sent me a parcel. John wrote her a letter. It's easy, though, to distinguish the objects if we rewrite these sentences as: John gave the book to me. John sent a parcel to me. John wrote a letter to her.http://www.englishforums.com/English/HireFreeOf/gjdcg/post.htm#546260Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:19:12 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:546260cliveHi, I am wondering whether the hire has two objects. Would you take a look at a sentence below and share your opinion? ---> His parents were amazed and then hired him a piano teacher . This is OK. There is a direct object (piano teacher) and an indirect object (him). You could also write this sentence as . . . hired a piano teacher for him . Many verbs can have a direct + an indirect object. And for another thing, in the usage of 'be free of' and 'be free from', what differences are there between them? Generally speaking, I don't see any difference, in your example. To some extent, it just depends on context. To get a feeling for this, you simply need to read and listen to a lot of English. eg Tom...http://www.englishforums.com/English/AppositiveDirectObjectIndirect-PredicateNominativeObject-Pre/vwprd/post.htm#545428Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:45:52 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:545428anonymous"Scurvy , a vitamin C deficiency, makes people weak and sore ." Scurvy is the subject, because it is the thing which "makes people weak and sore." People is the direct object, because it is what scurvy is affecting, direct objects usually follow verbs. Weak and sore are objective complements, because they modify the direct object, people . "Scurvy was the leading cause of death among sailors in the early eighteen century." Cause is the predicate nominative, because it stands for the subject, scurvy. Sailors is the object of a preposition, because it follows the preposition among, and acts as the subject of the prepositional phrase. "In 1753, James Lind, a Scottish naval surgeon , showed that citrus...http://www.englishforums.com/English/AppositiveDirectObjectIndirect-PredicateNominativeObject-Pre/vwprd/post.htm#545388Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:09:28 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:545388anonymous"Scurvy , a vitamin C deficiency, makes people weak and sore ." Scurvy is the subject, because it is the thing which "makes people weak and sore." People is the direct object, because it is what scurvy is affecting, direct objects usually follow verbs. Weak and sore are objective complements, because they modify the direct object, people . "Scurvy was the leading cause of death among sailors in the early eighteen century." Cause is the predicate nominative, because it stands for the subject, scurvy. Sailors is the object of a preposition, because it follows the preposition among, and acts as the subject of the prepositional phrase. "In 1753, James Lind, a Scottish naval surgeon , showed that citrus...http://www.englishforums.com/English/IndirectObjectPrepositional-Object/ggnxz/post.htmMon, 30 Jun 2008 13:16:38 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:534604anonymousPlease help me with this: What are the constituents written with capital letters, Indirect Objects or Prepositional Objects: 1. Professor Smith lectures on Greek philosophy TO THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS every Tuesday. 2. Professor Smith lectures ON GREEK PHILOSOPHY to the second year students every Tuesday. Thank you very much, tomorrow morning I have the exam.http://www.englishforums.com/English/PassivesLikeLove/ggzzd/post.htm#532644Thu, 26 Jun 2008 03:02:07 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:532644mister micawber. John likes pizza. Pizza is liked by John. There is no object in the second sentence. The subject of the passive sentence ( pizza ) is the object of its active equivalent. By John is an adverb. John is the agent in both sentences. Of course, some passive sentences can have objects: John gave Mary a pizza .-- John is subject and agent, pizza is direct object, Mary is indirect object. Mary was given pizza by John .-- Mary is subject, pizza is object, by John is adverb and agent.http://www.englishforums.com/English/DirectObjectAndClauses/gzhgb/post.htm#527915Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:31:48 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:527915avangiWe both thought that this novel was one of the finest books we have ever read. I read that direct object recives the action. Here book get the action "read" which make its a direct object. But preposition Of make me confuse. Whether its a object of preposition or not. Secondly is ONE is direct object here ? I think of direct and indirect objects in connection with transitive verbs (action verbs - doing something to somebody). Your example uses a "verb of being," "to be" (something is something). The "that" clause has no direct or indirect object. Novel was one . The subject of the clause is "Novel," and the verb is "was." There's no action, so there's no object. In...http://www.englishforums.com/English/PredicateNominativePredicateAdjective/3/bvnpg/Post.htm#504627Thu, 24 Apr 2008 05:36:28 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:504627anonymousok the phrase : Also remember that predicate nominatives/adjectives are only for linking verbs and action verbs are followed by direct/indirect objects is what i needed to hear 4 hours ago....lol.... thank you so very much i am correcting my sons 6th grade home work and really got lost do to it had both questions of direct/indirect objects and predicate nouns/adjectives. I am a mom who stumbled across this forum and i am so glad if you get this message please review these two sentences that are on his paper the directions are underline the predicate noun and circle the predicate adjective (but just name them for me please) 1. Gloria is thoughtful about other people. 2. She became an artist after several years of work.http://www.englishforums.com/English/PredicateNominativePredicateAdjective/2/bvnpg/Post.htm#497393Sun, 06 Apr 2008 21:41:31 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:497393anonymousalso remember that predicate nominative/adjectives are only for linking verbs, if it is an action verb than you call them direct/ indirect objects.   Example: I gave Bob 5 dollars Gave is the verb Bob is the indirect object 5 dollars is the direct object this is because you GAVE 5 dollars and you GAVE them to Bobhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Suggest/zqbwp/post.htm#496663Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:58:01 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:496663avangi"Suggest the next step to me" is fine, but, as you show in your original post #2, the indirect object is not required. "Please suggest the next step" is also fine. Again, sometimes the indirect object is required, sometimes not. The key is the verb and the context. "How can I amuse the children?" (reply) "Tell a story." "Please give the book" is not natural. But context could make both direct and indirect objects unnecessary: "This year I cannot afford to give." BTW Could you please finish your final example in your original post? - something like, "I know for a fact it is incorrect to say etc."http://www.englishforums.com/English/RelativeClauseSentence/zplnj/post.htm#494798Mon, 31 Mar 2008 05:02:36 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:494798miriamHello. Relative clauses can only be (from a syntactic point of view) either post-modifiers of nouns/pronouns, or sentence modifiers. They are never objects; they don't modify verbs. What can be subjects or objects, WITHIN the relative clauses themselves, are the relative pronouns used (who, that, which, etc.). You provided the following examples: "The girl laughed at the boy who is bigger than her" and "The boy hit the girl who slept". Both sentences could use some changes, but I will concentrate on what you're asking only. In the first sentence, "who is bigger than her" is a restrictive relative clause acting as post-modifier of the noun "boy". The relative pronoun "who" is the...http://www.englishforums.com/English/Verbs/zxkld/post.htmSun, 16 Mar 2008 09:38:41 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:489467ganesh77The list isn't meant to be exhaustive or carefully arranged. Any additions, corrections or further examples would be welcomed. 1 main verbs; lexical verbs (all verbs which are not auxiliaries or modals) 2 action verbs; event verbs; dynamic verbs (a verb which can be used in continuous tenses) i.e. eat, run, talk 3 state of being verbs; existence verbs; state verbs; stative verbs; static verbs (a verb which describes a state and is not usually used in a continuous tense) i.e. be, own, know 4 regular verbs (a verb that has four forms and follows the normal rules) 5 irregular verbs; strong verbs (a verb not following the normal rules for inflection) 6 auxiliary and...http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatFunctionalName/zghxg/post.htm#449465Tue, 04 Dec 2007 08:54:05 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:449465avangiHi, Anon, I should probably keep out of this. I don't think they used the expression "complement" when I was in school. The type of action the verb describes often limits its function. Transitive verbs take objects. "She hit him." Intransitive verbs don't. "Shehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/SecondObject/zzxkd/post.htmMon, 26 Nov 2007 12:14:34 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:446389anonymousHi, Please tell me if the underlined part in the second sentence shows that the sentence has two objects, not a direct object or indirect object like the first sentence. 1. I gave him the money. -- I think here, the direct object is 'the money' and the indirect object is 'him'. 2. We asked him to leave quietly. -- Do you think 'him' and 'to leave quitely' are two objects but not a direct and indirect object ? The infinitive 'to leave quitely' and the pronoun 'him' are acting as objects, right?http://www.englishforums.com/English/ReplyOrReplyTo/2/vkzzj/Post.htm#385635Fri, 29 Jun 2007 07:05:24 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:385635califjimThe case with wrote rings true, but I would analyze this sentence differently from the sentence with reply . The verb write takes a direct and an indirect object, e.g., letter, my mother . It can occur in two structures. I wrote a letter to my mother. I wrote my mother a letter. American practice allows the direct object to be dropped in either structure (but only for the verb write -- not generally for all such verbs). I wrote to my mother. I wrote my mother. British practice only allows this D.O.-dropping in the first of the two. I wrote to my mother. _________ The verb reply does not take two objects in either the American or the British usage, so there is nothing analogous in...http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatDoesSeperatingSubjectVerbMean/vjbxz/post.htm#379104Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:56:48 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:379104cool breezeI think you have got your terms mixed up, Anon. Sep a rating a subject from its verb is in no way exceptional in English, as Clive has already shown you. What I think you mean is sep a rating a verb from its object , which does happen in some cases but is often objectionable. In English one should say: I met him yesterday. (Not: I met yesterday him. ) This word order is preferable because there are no inflections for nouns used as objects. You may often place an indirect object between the verb and the object: I gave him money . If the object is long, it is often possible to put something between the verb and its object: I heard there the language of my childhood . Cheers CBhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/FedSomeonesBread/vhqnk/post.htm#373340Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:07:05 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:373340cliveHi, Could you please, tell me what's the meaning of the following sentence (it's a tongue twister)? I know the meaning of each word , but I can't understand them into it: "Fred fed Ted bread, and Ted fed Fred bread. In simple terms, 'Fred put bread in Ted's mouth, and Ted put bread in Fred's mouth'. And by the way shouldn't it be : ... Ted's bread and Fred's bread? (if not, why ? Because it's a genitive case, isn't it?). No. They are indirect objects, ie "Fred fed to Ted bread, and Ted fed to Fred bread". We usually don't worry too much about the meaning of tongue twisters. They are really just sounds to twist your tongue. Best wishes, Clivehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/DirectObjectsIndirectObjectsObliques-DativeMovement/vvcdx/post.htm#354543Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:25:53 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:354543dollHmm, I didn't know anything about prepositional object before.Thanks for your information and what about I went to her ?http://www.englishforums.com/English/DirectObjectsIndirectObjectsObliques-DativeMovement/vvcdx/post.htm#354475Mon, 23 Apr 2007 13:03:36 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:354475anonymousDoll wrote: "Mike pointed to my tooth" is "my tooth" indirect object or oblique? It is direct object I think. "I went to her." "her" is NOT indirect object, nor any other type of object, is it? Hmm I would say it is direct object. Let me disagree with the comments in pink. To put it simply, a "direct object" - can only be the object of a transitive verb, - answers the question "who?" or "what?" - is not preceded by any preposition. More on direct objects here: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/internet-grammar/function/dirobj.htm I would say that "my tooth" is a prepositional object ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object_%28grammar%29 ).http://www.englishforums.com/English/DirectObjectsIndirectObjectsObliques-DativeMovement/vvcdx/post.htm#354461Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:38:05 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:354461dollCould you give the book to Mike for me?" the book = direct object, yes Mike = indirect object, yes me = oblique object I haven't heard of it before. Correct? in "Mike gave the book to me" the book = direct object, me = indirect object, right? Yes. however, in "Mike pointed to my tooth" is "my tooth" indirect object or oblique? It is direct object I think. in "Mike entered the house" "the house" is direct object, but in Yes. "We have entered upon a new phase in history" "a new phase in history" is what? Oblique? I would say it is predicator complement. and in "Mhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/DirectObjectsIndirectObjectsObliques-DativeMovement/vvcdx/post.htmMon, 23 Apr 2007 08:01:13 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:354379ocelotCan a clause have three different objects? "Could you give the book to Mike for me?" the book = direct object, Mike = indirect object, me = oblique object Correct? in "Mike gave the book to me" the book = direct object, me = indirect object, right? however, in "Mike pointed to my tooth" is "my tooth" indirect object or oblique? in "Mike entered the house" "the house" is direct object, but in "We have entered upon a new phase in history" "a new phase in history" is what? Oblique? and in "Mike talked about me" is "me" oblique? "I sent money to her." &nhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/DirectAndIndirectObjects/dqdcp/post.htm#330130Sat, 17 Feb 2007 01:09:14 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:330130califjimDespite the similarity to a direct object-indirect object structure, this is not that pattern. This sentence has a direct object and an object complement. ( it and a menacing place , respectively) Verbs which take this kind of structure include call, name, baptize, pronounce, appoint, and elect . The people elected John leader. The parents named her Sylvia. Some people call this effect scintillation. CJhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/DirectAndIndirectObjects/dqdcp/post.htmFri, 16 Feb 2007 23:03:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:330087anonymouswhat are the direct and indirect objects of this statement "i understood why the porter had called it a menacing place." my guess is: it - indirect object menacing place - direct object thank youhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/TellToSomeone/3/dpdlw/Post.htm#325645Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:57:54 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:325645mr-taciturnCalifJim wrote: Original question: What do you think of the usage of '' TO' ' following tell. Is it a , or a possible usage? Answer: I think the usage of to is fine, as explained above and below. The to is, however, optional, as explained above and below. 'his children' is neither direct nor indirect object of the verb in the sentence. No. That's not right. his children is the indirect object of tell -- unless you are using a very narrow definition of indirect object in which an indirect object expressed in a to phrase is no longer an indirect object. For the purposes of this discussion I will take the view that indirect objects can be expressed in two ways. The removal of stories from the subordinate clause leaves...http://www.englishforums.com/English/TellToSomeone/3/dpdlw/Post.htm#325382Wed, 07 Feb 2007 01:06:16 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:325382califjimOriginal question: What do you think of the usage of '' TO' ' following tell. Is it a , or a possible usage? Answer: I think the usage of to is fine, as explained above and below. The to is, however, optional, as explained above and below. 'his children' is neither direct nor indirect object of the verb in the sentence. No. That's not right. his children is the indirect object of tell -- unless you are using a very narrow definition of indirect object in which an indirect object expressed in a to phrase is no longer an indirect object. For the purposes of this discussion I will take the view that indirect objects can be expressed in two ways. The removal of stories from the subordinate clause leaves the...http://www.englishforums.com/English/ShowItToMe/dpbrr/post.htm#324697Mon, 05 Feb 2007 16:36:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:324697inchoateknowledgeShow me it! show = transitive verb me = indirect object it = direct object This sentence does not go against any grammatical rules. show it me when the objects change place, the indirect object has to be converted to a prep phrase: show it to me http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv111.shtmlhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/ExplainToMeVsTellMe/dkrgx/post.htm#300512Mon, 04 Dec 2006 18:39:38 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:300512califjimI was trying to puzzle out a rule for this There isn't any 100% rule, but there is a 97% rule! For indirect objects: One-syllable verbs take only the pronoun. More syllables: to + pronoun. tell me, show me, bring me, ask me, write me, buy me, send me, ... explain ... to me, describe ... to me, deliver ... to me, reveal ... to me, ... But offer me, say ... to me . Alternately, Verbs derived from Latin take to ; verbs derived from German don't. (Also not 100%.) CJhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/SomeQueriesPrepositionPhrases/djpqz/post.htm#299439Fri, 01 Dec 2006 05:53:08 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:299439califjim1. The analyses are correct. (You should have give s 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 me is only a prepositional phrase, not an indirect object . The term indirect object is only used when the sentence is formulated as gives me a present . In this approach the term indirect object is used as a way of saying something about the form of the sentence. b. Indirect objects can be expressed in two ways, as a single word ( gives me ... ) or as a prepositional phrase ( gives ... to me ). The term indirect object in this approach...http://www.englishforums.com/English/EhTheseInsidePost/djnkh/post.htm#298731Wed, 29 Nov 2006 08:13:07 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:298731mister micawberShort Course: 1-- A Predicate Nominative is a noun phrase on the predicate (right) side of a linking verb: I am a handsome fellow . 2-- A Direct Object receives the action of a verb: I bought a sandwich . An Indirect Object receives the benefit of the action of the verb: I bought my girlfriend a sandwich . 3-- Objects of prepostions are the nouns that are usually to the right of the preposition and indicate the origin of the prepositional action or position: The sandwich is on the table . Googling any of your terms will get you many pages of detailed examples and explanation, so I shan't spend more time here on it.http://www.englishforums.com/English/EhTheseInsidePost/djnkh/post.htmWed, 29 Nov 2006 06:44:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:298714clee879I don't really get predicate nominatives, Direct & Indirect Objects, and Objects of prepositions. PLZ help!!!!!!!!!!http://www.englishforums.com/English/WritingSentenceIndirectObject/dwwbb/post.htm#292220Sun, 12 Nov 2006 16:39:16 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:292220cliveHi, I need to write a sentence in the following pattern, and I don't see how it's possible. The pattern is: adjective + direct object + helping verb + subject + verb No articles allowed? So, something like 'Great strength did he use' . This kind of odd word order seems very literary or poetical. This doesn't seem like a typical every-day English grammar exercise. If you can add other parts of speech, you could look at normal questions, eg Which red sweater did she buy? (As regards your thread title, this is not really an exercise that deals with indirect objects) Best wishes, Clivehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/ObjectsSubjectCompliments/dgwgv/post.htm#282486Wed, 18 Oct 2006 05:15:53 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:282486califjimNo, those are not indirect objects. An indirect object is almost always the person to whom something is said or given or for whom something is done. Tell me a story. Make him an offer. Don't give the children their lunch money yet. CJhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/ObjectsSubjectCompliments/dgwgv/post.htmWed, 18 Oct 2006 01:43:53 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:282459anonymousHey, can indirect objects, predicate nominatives, or predicate adjectives be in prepositional phrases? Here is a sentence: We follow school fads in dress, slang, and behavior. Are "dress", "slang", and "behavior" all indirect objects even though they are in a prepositional phrase? Thanks.http://www.englishforums.com/English/IndirectAndDirectObjects/dzcgd/post.htm#275861Wed, 04 Oct 2006 00:23:11 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:275861cliveHi, Hi, AM i doing this right. Please help Direct Objects and Indirect objects. Underline the verb in each sentence. Then write DO above the direct object and IO above the indirect object. IO DO 1. The store gave the contest winner a free trip. IO DO 2. The coach bought his soccer team pepperoni pizzas. IO DO 3. Thomas handed the taxi driver a generous tip. You seem to be correct about the sequence of the objects here. However, in #1 and #2, what you have underlined is not the verb. Best wishes, Clivehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/IndirectAndDirectObjects/dzcgd/post.htmTue, 03 Oct 2006 21:09:42 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:275811sheenageeAM i doing this right. Please help Direct Objects and Indirect objects. Underline the verb in each sentence. Then write DO above the direct object and IO above the indirect object. IO DO 1. The store gave the contest winner a free trip. IO DO 2. The coach bought his soccer team pepperoni pizzas. IO DO 3. Thomas handed the taxi driver a generous tip.http://www.englishforums.com/English/GrammarErrors/dccln/post.htm#261210Thu, 31 Aug 2006 01:05:25 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:261210alienvoord"than me" sounds much more normal to me than "than I". http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/t.html Than, as used in comparatives, has traditionally been considered a conjunction; as such, if you're comparing subjects, the pronouns after than should take the "subjective case." In other words, "He's taller than I," not "He's taller than me"; "She's smarter than he," not "She's smarter than him." If, on the other hand, you're comparing direct or indirect objects, the pronouns should be objective: "I've never worked with a more difficult client than him." There are some advantages to this traditional state of affairs. If you observe this distinction, you can be more precise in some comparisons. Consider these two...http://www.englishforums.com/English/NominativePronounsObjective/bmpb/post.htm#222012Wed, 03 May 2006 05:54:52 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:222012anonymousNominative pronouns are used as subjects of the sentence or clauses. If you are unsure as to which word is the subject, restate the sentence by placing who or what in front of the verb. these words are examples of nominative pronouns in a sentence, its just like a story it comes in first,second, and third person. first person singular is I and first person plural is WE second person for singualr and plural is YOU third person for singular is HE,SHE,IT and plural is THEY Objective: Objective pronouns are used as direct and indirect objects. As with most other sentence parts, a direct or inderect objecet can be located easy once the verb is found. To find a direct object, place whom or what after an action verb. ...http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheMeaningOfGonna/2/dcm/Post.htm#190266Sun, 29 Jan 2006 07:43:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:190266anonymousWhat is the word sucks in " Homework sucks " ? Is it a verb or an adjective? If it is a verb, what does homework suck? This brings up an excellent point, and a wonderful opportunity to discover the beautiful syntactic structure of the English language. The question at hand is " Does an English verb need to have an object? " Consider the simple construction, " I eat " (Subject-ActionVerb). It is a coherent English thought; there is no need to express what is eaten. Just because an English sentence contains an action verb does not mean an object of that action must occur. The neat thing is, though, that it can occur and the thought is just as coherent. " I eat pizza " (Subject-ActionVerb-Object) is an equally logical thought. Action...http://www.englishforums.com/English/DirectObjectIndirectObjectObject-PrepositionPlz/cdlkp/post.htm#186914Sat, 21 Jan 2006 21:26:55 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:186914lazarusAnonymous wrote: i dont get direct objects, indirect objects, and objects of prepositions. i need serious help, A direct object is a noun or pronoun that receives the action of a verb or shows the result of the action. It answers the question "What?" or "Whom?" after an action verb. An indirect object comes before the direct object and tells to whom or for whom the action of the verb is done and who is receiving the direct object. There must be a direct object to have an indirect object. Indirect objects are usually found with verbs of giving or communicating like give, bring, tell, show, take, or offer . An indirect object is always a noun or pronoun which is not part of a prepositional phrase. A ...http://www.englishforums.com/English/DirectObjectIndirectObjectObject-PrepositionPlz/cdlkp/post.htmWed, 18 Jan 2006 04:49:16 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:185145anonymousi dont get direct objects, indirect objects, and objects of prepositions. i need serious help,http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheIndirectPrepositional-Objects/cddpc/post.htm#183120Sat, 14 Jan 2006 14:47:50 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:183120mister micawberHello Ruslana, To me, the only possible one is B. I think that we are evolving away from indirect objects; the existence of so many phrasal verbs and the more efficient communication using the prepositional object favour the use of the latter.