By Whom, Direct objects

Re: Is it a subject relative?

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,...

need some help with some english exercises.

I'm taking a correspondence course. These are some of the exercises that I need to submit. So please I need help from grammar exerperts thnaks. Exercise 1: Identify each of the “ __ ” words in the sentences as one of the following parts of the sentence: 1.Direct object 2.Indirect...

Re: Whomever

It's not the combination with whomever that determines the choice whoever/whomever. It's the combination whoever the next president will be that determines the choice. The linking verb be (as in will be) does not take a direct object (whom); it takes a subject complement (who). So the...

Re: direct object indirect object object of a preposition help me! plz

This post is a little dated but since I've been working with my students on this very topic I thought I'd post.First, you can't understand what the "object of the preposition" is if you don't first know how to identify prepositions. So you need to find a list (google "list prepositions English"...

Can a prepositional phrase function as a noun?

Hi folks,I would like to ask the following question: is it possible for a prepositional phrase to function as a noun in a sentence? I am thinking of the following sentence: I told her about the meeting.My interpretation: Subject: I Verb: told...

Re: Direct object?

Hi, Can you tell me how I can know if this is a direct object. The man whom he punches is suing. I would expect this to be 'punched', to make sense. First the punching, then the suing. Consider which word in the sentence 'receives the action' of the verb. 'is suing' We are not told who is...

Direct object?

Can you tell me how I can know if this is a direct object. The man whom he punches is suing.

Re: married/got married

Bokeh wrote: Goodman wrote: We can not just say "Susan married" because the direct object to whom Susan married is missing in the sentence. "To marry" does not need a direct object. Hi Bokeh, So I take it that you are saying "Susan married" is acceptpable; aren't you? To me, " Susan...

Re: married/got married

Goodman wrote:We can not just say "Susan married" because the direct object to whom Susan married is missing in the sentence."To marry" does not need a direct object.

Re: married/got married

Angliholic wrote:She got married, but later divorced. She returned home to the U.K. with her baby daughter Jessica.I wonder if I could say "she married" instead of "she got married." If yes, is there any subtle difference? Thanks. <<<I wonder if I could say "she married" >>>...