There is no direct object in this sentence.
Certainly. 'Please give me that plate.' This is an alternative to 'Please give that plate to me.'
The word suitcase is a noun and can be used as a direct object in a sentence. For example you could say: "Please give the suitcase to John." In that sentence "the suitcase" is the direct object and John is the indirect object.
Call a taxi for me.
Seat is the direct object. To find a direct object, identify the subject and verb, and ask what? who?You is the subject, and give is the verb. What did you give? A seat.The indirect object is who or what receives the direct object. Who received the seat? The nurse. Nurse is the indirect object.
The verb is feed. The object is birds.
Yes, an indirect object can come before a direct object in a sentence. For example, "She gave him the book." "Him" is the indirect object receiving the book; "the book" is the direct object being given.
In a sentence, the subject is the performer of the action, the intransitive verb doesn't require a direct object to complete its meaning, the indirect object is the recipient who benefits from the action, the direct object receives the action, and the object complement provides more information about the direct object.
It could certainly be used as a direct object. For example:'Please could you pass me the copy of The Lady which is on the table?'It is less likely to be used as an indirect object. Here is one example:'Please can you add these amendments to the copy of the document which is on my computer?'Correction:In the last sentence above, "copy" is the DIRECT object of the preposition "to". The expression "to the copy" functionssimilarly to an indirect object, but the noun is still technically an direct object."Copy" as an indirect object would be fairly uncommon, but an example would be:I gave the copy a quick scan.[Note: "copy" is also a verb.]
The term 'your friend' (possessive adjective-noun combination) can be a subject of a sentence or clause, the object of a verb or a preposition.Subject: Your friend, Jim, is on the phone.Object of verb (direct object): You can call your friendon my phone.Object of verb (indirect object): Please give your friendmy phone number.Object of preposition: The message from your friend is on the counter. (object of the preposition 'from')
The sentence "I'm reading the newest edition" does not contain both a direct object and an indirect object.
Examples compound direct objects:Buy bread and milk, please. Two nouns that are direct objects of the verb " buy ".I bought two new outfits and shoes to match.