By Whom, Indirect objects

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,...

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...

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"...

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...

"I explained to her what your concerns are." explained = transitive verb to her (to whom?) = prep phrase; her = object of the prep and indirect object of explained. what her concerns are = noun clause = direct object. Usually, heavier and longer clauses go to the end of the sentence.

No, 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. CJ

Marc is the indirect object. He receives the direct object. Whatever answers the question "to whom" will generally be the indirect object. If you can move what comes after the "to" to the position before the direct object (I gave the book to Marc --> I gave Marc the book) then it's the...

Nominative 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...

Anonymous 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. ...

Paco -- I'm not sure you can always say that the first of two objects is automatically the indirect object. What if you said "I told the story to the man in the long white coat"? "The story" is still the direct object, even though it now precedes the indirect object. "The man in the long white...