In school today we will be debating who should be president and why.
In the sentence 'you have her a surprise gift', 'her' is an indirect object. 'Gift' is the direct object in that sentence.
'He did it.'
A noun clause can function as the subject or an object in a sentence.Examples:Death is certain should be kept in mind. (subject of the sentence)He had written "Death is certain." (direct object of the verb)
"John likes James" - John is the subject and James is the direct object."John threw the ball to James" - John is the subject, the ball is the direct object and James is the indirect object.Some more examples of direct objects:In each sentence, "math" is the direct object...He likes math.She does math everyday.They don't know math very well.You can ask a question using the verb to find the direct object in the sentence, so...Who does John like? JamesWhat did John throw? the ballWhat does he like? mathetc.Be careful, however. Sometimes what looks like a direct object, is not a direct object at all. For example:"Greg went to the store"Here "the store" is not the direct object. There is no direct object in this sentence, actually. "The store" is actually the object of the preposition because it follows the preposition "to".If you ask the question,Where did Greg go? You get the answer, "to the store". You get a prepositional phrase as the answer, not a noun like James, the ball and math.You might be wondering why "James" is not the object of the preposition in the second sentence, "John threw the ball to James". Well one easy way to tell that James is the indirect object and not the object of the preposition is to rearrange the sentence. "John threw James the ball". You can't rearrange "Greg went to the store" like that.
Using an object pronoun, the sentence would be:'The game wardens noticed it.'
In the sentence 'you have her a surprise gift', 'her' is an indirect object. 'Gift' is the direct object in that sentence.
'He did it.'
I read the book.
The boy ran into the tree.
I want to believe.
I don't care to debate the issue with you.
The indirect object specifies the thing or person to which the direct object applies."The manager showed us his latest award." (direct object is "award")"He gave us nice Christmas presents." (direct object is "presents")
An indirect object typically appears before the direct object in a sentence and answers the question "to whom" or "for whom" the action is being done. For example, in the sentence "Laura gave Alex a book," "Alex" is the indirect object as the recipient of the action of giving.
A sentence may have no complement at all.A complement is a noun (or adjective) that follows a linking verb and renames the subject, a subject complement.When the noun (or adjective) follows the direct object and it tells what the direct object has become, it is the object complement.If you are not using a linking verb and you are not describing the object of the verb, the sentence has no complement.
Here is a sentence using the word direct tax.
A noun clause can function as the subject or an object in a sentence.Examples:Death is certain should be kept in mind. (subject of the sentence)He had written "Death is certain." (direct object of the verb)
Direct object pronouns are used to replace the noun that receives the action of the verb in a sentence. This helps to avoid repetition and make the language more concise. For example, instead of saying "I see the book," you can say "I see it" using the direct object pronoun "it" to replace "the book."