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Does a direct object answer what or whom?
D.O. is what or whom I.O. is to whom or for whom
Would the direct object answer what and whom?
Yes, the direct object of a verb can answer 'what' or 'whom'; a direct object can also answer 'where'.Examples:Myron ate an apple. (ate 'what')We met Myrna at the mall. (met 'whom')Mya visited London on her class trip. (visited 'where')
In the movie cast away what was the name of Tom Hanks companion?
Wilson whom is a vollyball.
Is what or whom a direct object?
The word 'what' is a pronoun, an adverb, or an adjective.The pronoun 'what' can function as a direct object.Example: You found what in the shed? (direct object of the verb 'found')The pronoun 'whom' is an objective form but most often functions as the object of a preposition.The pronoun 'whom' is an interrogative pronoun (introduces a question) and a relative pronoun (introduces a relative clause).Examples:With whom did you go to the movie? (interrogative pronoun, object of the preposition 'with')The friend for whom I made the cake is having a birthday. (relative pronoun, object of the preposition 'for')
What answers what and whom?
The answer to "what" must be a noun or a pronoun that refers to things. It could be the subject or direct object of the sentence. Ex. What ingredient is needed for the cookies? Sugar is needed. (Subject.) What is he buying? He is buying a car. (direct object.) For whom, the answer is going to be a person or people, and it will be the direct object of the sentence. (The answer for who would be the subject.) Ex. Whom are you taking to the dance? (Notice how you is the subject.) I am taking Bruno. (Bruno is the direct object of the sentence. (For who-- Who is taking Bruno to the dance? Bruno is still the direct object. I am taking Bruno. I is the subject.)
Who was Adelaide?
According to a movie I just watched, she was a child whom Albert Einstein met and gave assistance with her homework. In the movie, they cast her as an African American, but I gather from the movie notes that she was not.
What is the direct and indirect object in The dog ate the food?
Food is the direct object. This sentence does not have an indirect object. The D.O. answers the question "the dog ate what?" An indirect object would answer the question "for whom / to whom / for what?" as in "I gave the dog a bone." I gave what? A bone (D.O.) I gave the bone to whom? The dog (I.O.)
Who was Adelaide Delong?
According to a movie I just watched, she was a child whom Albert Einstein met and gave assistance with her homework. In the movie, they cast her as an African American, but I gather from the movie notes that she was not.
Who is going to be the president of Pakistan?
Will depend on for whom the Pakistani voters would cast their votes
Names a person to whom the sentence is directed?
direct address
Who was the hero in the hollywood movie For Whom The Bell Tolls?
Robert Jordan is the hero in the Hollywood movie For Whom the Bell Tolls.
Who was the hero in the hollywood movie For Whom The Bell Tolls-?
The hero in the Hollywood movie, For Whom The Bell Tolls, is Robert Jordan.
