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The underlined gerund functions as an object of the preposition when preceded by a preposition and acts as the receiver of the action in the sentence.
The underlined gerund "swimming" in the sentence "She enjoys swimming in the pool" functions as the object of the preposition "in".
The relative pronoun in the underlined adjective clause "The book that she was reading" is "that," which is used as the object of the preposition "of."
The teacher encouraged reading. The gerund "reading" functions as the object of the preposition "encouraged."
The object of the preposition is the noun that follows the preposition, the word that the preposition relates to another word in the sentence. It can also be a pronoun, gerund, infinitive, or noun phrase. Examples: The car is in the garage. (in is the preposition, and garage is the object of the preposition.) We went to the grocery store for milk. (the grocery store is the first object of a preposition; milk is the second object of a preposition.)
A noun clause that functions as the object of a preposition is a dependent clause that acts as a single noun and follows a preposition in a sentence. It usually starts with a subordinating conjunction such as "that," "which," "who," or "whom" and provides additional information to the preposition. For example, "She is interested in what you have to say."
In this example, kangaroos is the simple subject, while Australia is the object of the preposition.
A preposition phrase is made up of a preposition and its object, which can be a noun, pronoun, or gerund. The object of the preposition phrase functions as the receiver of the action or relation indicated by the preposition.
A noun or pronoun in the objective case is a word that functions as the object of a verb or a preposition. Examples:noun: We likewine afterdinner. (wine is the object of the verb 'like'; dinner is the object of the preposition 'after')pronoun: John saw herat the mall with them. (her is the object of the verb 'saw'; them is the object of the preposition 'with')
An object pronoun functions as the direct object or indirect object of a verb, or the object of a preposition.
No, "recovery" is typically not a direct object. It is usually a noun that functions as the subject or an object of a preposition in a sentence.
The objective pronoun is a pronoun that functions as the object of a verb or a preposition. Examples:direct object of the verb: We saw them at the mall.indirect object of the verb: We gave her our old car.object of the preposition: We had a good time with him.