ratification of a constitutional amendment.
ratification of a constitutional amendment
Ratification of the 17th amendment, concerning the election of the U.S. senators.
Passive voice can be used in both direct and indirect ways. In the direct form, the focus is on the object that receives the action, while the indirect form places emphasis on the action itself or the person performing the action.
Indirect Action is a technique Anton Chekhov was most famous for. It involves action important to the play's plot occurring off-stage, not on. Instead of seeing such action happen, the audience learns about it by watching characters react to it onstage.
The United States Constitution sets the number of Senators for each state at two. Originally, each state selected its senators by action of their respective legislatures. This was changed by the 17th Amendment to the Constitution passed in 1913 creating the direct election of senators in each state. The movement to change came from the progressives of the time and a number of changes in American political life can be traced to that period.
When using "hadn't" in indirect speech, it signifies that the action did not happen in the past before the reported speech. It is used to show a negative past action that was not completed before the moment being talked about in indirect speech.
A by-purpose is an indirect or incidental purpose for an object or an action.
A by-purpose is an indirect or incidental purpose for an object or an action.
Indirect means diverging from a straight line/path, not going straight to the point,the opposite of direct. It is used to mean a roundabout or covert method of action, in terms such as indirect taxes, indirect characterization, or indirect criticism.
Direct objects require transitive verbs, which transfer the action to the object directly. Indirect objects require ditransitive verbs, which transfer the action to the object indirectly through the indirect object.
An indirect object in a sentence is a noun or pronoun that identifies the recipient of the action in a sentence. It answers the question "to whom" or "for whom" the action is done. Example: "She gave her friend a gift." (The indirect object is "her friend.")
The indirect object in the sentence is "it." It is the recipient of the direct object "spent," which is an action being done to the indirect object.
No, the subject of a sentence cannot be the indirect object. The subject is the doer of the action, while the indirect object is the recipient of the action. They serve different grammatical roles within a sentence.