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He gave a gold coin. -- in this sentence the direct object is gold coin.
He gave the beggar a gold coin. -- in this sentence the beggar is the indirect object.
Another example:
My brother gave his girl friend some roses. -- to find the direct object ask the question - what did my brother give? - the answer is roses so roses is the direct object. His girlfriend is the indirect object.
The indirect object often comes after for or to.
He called a taxi for me.
My brother gave some roses to his girlfriend.
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∙ 11y agoI mailed the writer the royalty check. (The direct object is 'check', the indirect object is 'writer'.)
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How do you use a printer in a sentence as an object complement?
An object complement is a noun, pronoun, or adjective which follows a direct object and renames it or tells what the direct object has become.I was offered a free accessory, a printer, with the purchase of my computer.I tried several times to print the message when I discovered the problem, the printer.
What is the word noun'?
The word 'noun' is a noun, a word used to identify a person, a place, or a thing.The word 'noun' is a singular, common, concrete noun.The word 'noun' will function as the subject of a sentence or a clause, as the object of a verb or a preposition, as a subject or object complement, a possessive noun, or as an attributive noun.Examples:A noun can functions as the subject of a sentence. (subject of the sentence)A word for something that a noun represents can be real or fictional. (subject of the relative clause)A pronoun can replace a noun. (direct object of the verb)I need a rhyming word for this noun. (object of the preposition)The word noun is a noun. (subject complement, restates the subject of the sentence)I'm trying to think of the right word, a noun. (object complement, restates the object of the preposition)You can use a dictionary to find a noun'sdefinition. (possessive noun)A noun list was assigned for homework. (attributive noun, a noun functioning as an adjective)
What Is a Object of the Implied Verb?
The object is still in the same position in the sentence but the verb is missing / implied:eg.On the road a company of soldiers.verb stood. On the road stood a company of soldiers. object company of soldiers.In the gardens vegetables rotting and wasted.verb lay. In the gardens vegetables lay rotting and wasted. object vegetablesWhen the verb is implied you can basically use any verb that works.On the road rested a company of soldiers.
How do you make a sentence work in adjective?
The Deep blue sea is sparkling when I touch it.
How do you use the word 'yuppie' in a sentence?
The word 'yuppie' is a noun, a word for a person.Back in the 1980s, the term 'yuppie' was used to describe a 'young urban professional'; people in their twenties and thirties who were recent college graduates and starting their careers with high expectations. The term 'yuppie' was sometimes used with amusement because these focused, well groomed, well dressed, young people were the children of the 'hippies' of the 1960s.A noun functions as the subject of a sentence or a clause, and as the object of a verb or a preposition.Example sentences:A yuppie will seek opportunities. (subject of the sentence)A prosperous future is the goal of a yuppie. (object of the preposition)
How do you use playmates for the indirect object sentence?
I gave the ball to my playmates.
What is a sentence with the word implement in it and a direct object and indirect object?
A good way to implement your speech is to use the dictionary
Is symbol indirect object or direct object?
It depends on how you use a word in a sentence, symbol could be an indirect object or a direct object.I like the new symbol. - directHe drew the symbol on the board.
1 Identify the use of the underlined pronoun in the sentence Sandy showed them her coin collection?
The pronoun 'them' is the indirect object of the sentence.
Does there have to be an indirect object if there is a direct object?
No, a sentence can have a direct object without an indirect object. The direct object is the receiver of the action, while the indirect object is the recipient. They serve different roles in a sentence.
Can you use a noun for a indirect object?
An indirect object is always a noun (or an equivalent phrase). I gave the dog a bone -- "the dog" is the indirect object.
How can you use a noun in a sentence?
A noun can be used in a sentence as the subject of the sentence or of a clause within the sentence, as the object or indirect object of a transitive verb or its present participle used as a gerund in the sentence, as the objective complement (or predicate nominative) of a linking verb or its gerund, as the object of a preposition, as the subject or object of an infinitive, as a nominative of address, as an appositive, or as a nominative absolute.
Use indirect in a sentence?
Some plants do best in indirect sunlight.
Is Cher a indirect object or a direct object?
It can be both it depends on how you use the word. I gave Cher the flowers - Cher is indirect object. The indirect object always goes before the direct object (the flowers). I like Cher - Cher is the direct object.
Is the word bedtime an indirect object?
It depends on how you use it, for example: "The bedroom is purple" The word bedroom is the subject. "He hit the bedroom" The word bedroom is the direct object. "We drink water in the bedroom" The word bedroom is the object of the preposition 'in'; 'in the bedroom.' is the indirect object of the verb.
How do you use the word sojurn in a sentence?
It is a noun so can serve as subject, object, or indirect object; object of a verb or a verb phrase; object of an adjective; object of an adverb or an adverbial phrase. For forty years the children of Israel did sojurn in the wilderness.
What does it mean in poetry when refferring to persons as them or they?
'They' is the subjective form for a group. The word is use as the subject part of a sentence.They had nothing to give to them.'Them' is the object (or the indirect object) from for a group. Itreceivesthe action of the predicate of the sentence.
