By Nouns, Indirect objects

"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...

"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...

I suggest taking a nap.You can only get the pronoun in (indirect object) by making it the subject of a relative clause. I suggest you take a nap. Then the whole clause is the direct object of "suggest."I guess you could also use the "to me" form for the indirect object. ...

"To" is not a preposition here. It's part of the infinitive form of the verb, "to introduce." "To introduce you to Paul" is an infinitive phrase acting as a noun, not a prepositional phrase.Best wishes, - A.

Raen, at times like this I realize just how poorly I chose my nickname here. What goes from one person to the other is the DIRECT object. The $50. The person who receives the direct object is the INDIRECT object. The clerk. I sent a letter to my sister. The letter is the DO, and my sister is...

II'd be one to admit grammar is never my strong suit but I'm always eager to learn. I've read thoroughly the thread titled "grammar exercise" regarding noun clause/subordinate clause used as adjective, adverb, indirect object and so forth. I really had to strain my brain to...

ok 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...

Learners often want to put an indirect object on suggest, recommend, and explain, and their near synonyms, all of which are either totally wrong or very awkward.Here are some examples of the sorts of wrong uses I'm talking about: Please suggest me what to do.Sally has explained me the rules.I...

Hello.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,...

It would be wrong to say: 'Give me it'. The correct sentence is 'Give it to me'. If you have a noun then it's OK: 'Give me the book' or 'Give the book to me' (to emphasise the addressee of the action). But some verbs do not admit of the indirect object, e.g....