Sometimes! Direct address can be anywhere in the sentence -beginning, middle, and end!
Examples:
Beginning: 'Jennifer, please do your homework.'
Middle: 'After you clean your room, Caitlyn, we can eat some ice cream.'
End: 'Which dog would you like, Joe?'
By the way, the direct address is 90% of the time a name, except when someone says: Whatchamacallit, get me a burger!
Example sentence with a name in direct address (Mr. Campbell) and a possessive noun (Nancy's):Mr. Campbell, thank you for fixing Nancy's bicycle.
The function of a noun in direct address to get the attention of the one spoken to or to identify the person spoken to among two or more people. A noun in direct address is not a subject or an object of a sentence. A sentence should be a correct sentence when the noun of direct address is removed, for example:Greg, please pick up your things. OR Please pick up your things. (The subject of the sentence is the implied pronoun 'you'.)Listen for the telephone, kids. OR Listen for the telephone. (Again, the implied subject is the pronoun 'you'.)Please, Greta, accept my apologies. OR Please accept my apologies.Jack, you can pick up the kids and, Jane, you can stop at the store. (This is more polite than pointing at the person and saying "You can...")Note: A noun of direct address is always separated from the rest of the sentence by commas, whether it begins the sentence, is in the middle of the sentence, or ends the sentence.
A noun can follow both a linking verb and an action verb. When it follows a linking verb, it's called a predicate nominative. Ex: Henry is a teacher. When a noun follows an action verb, it's called a direct object. Ex: Kevin threw the ball.
The noun forms for the verb to direct are director, direction, directive, directory, and the gerund, directing.The noun form for the adjective direct is directness.
Any noun or pronoun can be a direct object. A direct object is a function of a noun or a pronoun, not a type of noun or pronoun.
A noun functions as: the subject of a sentence the subject of a clause the direct object of a verb the indirect object of a verb the object of a preposition a predicate nominative (a subject complement) object complement a noun of direct address an attributive noun to describe another noun a collective noun to group nouns for people or things
A noun of direct address is a the noun for the person spoken to. For example:Mom, can John come over to do homework?It's okay John, mom said you can come over.Thank you sir. Or, Thank you ma'am.Hey mister, you forgot your change.Excuse me miss, you dropped your pen.
The direct object receives the action of the verb.
Example sentence with a name in direct address (Mr. Campbell) and a possessive noun (Nancy's):Mr. Campbell, thank you for fixing Nancy's bicycle.
A noun of direct address is a the noun for the person spoken to. For example:Mom, can John come over to do homework?It's okay John, mom said you can come over.Thank you sir. Or, Thank you ma'am.Hey mister, you forgot your change.Excuse me miss, you dropped your pen.
Class, may I have your attention please.
The function of a noun in direct address to get the attention of the one spoken to or to identify the person spoken to among two or more people. A noun in direct address is not a subject or an object of a sentence. A sentence should be a correct sentence when the noun of direct address is removed, for example:Greg, please pick up your things. OR Please pick up your things. (The subject of the sentence is the implied pronoun 'you'.)Listen for the telephone, kids. OR Listen for the telephone. (Again, the implied subject is the pronoun 'you'.)Please, Greta, accept my apologies. OR Please accept my apologies.Jack, you can pick up the kids and, Jane, you can stop at the store. (This is more polite than pointing at the person and saying "You can...")Note: A noun of direct address is always separated from the rest of the sentence by commas, whether it begins the sentence, is in the middle of the sentence, or ends the sentence.
The noun forms for the verb to direct are director, direction, directive, directory, and the gerund, directing. The noun form for the adjective direct is directness.
I is the subject, but a pronoun. Town, a noun, is te inderect object. Week, another noun, is a direct object.
A noun can follow both a linking verb and an action verb. When it follows a linking verb, it's called a predicate nominative. Ex: Henry is a teacher. When a noun follows an action verb, it's called a direct object. Ex: Kevin threw the ball.
You may mean a noun of direct address, which is a noun for the person you are speaking to. It can be removed from a sentence without changing the meaning of the sentence, and is marked in the sentence by commas.Examples:Nancy, you have a meeting at ten.You have a meeting at ten, Nancy.Or, you may mean a noun as direct object, which is the noun that receives the action of the verb. The subject is the person or thing that the sentence is about; the verb tells what the subject does; the direct object is what receives the action expressed by the verb. A direct object can be a noun or a pronoun.Examples:Nancy, you have a meeting at ten.The class boarded the bus.The officer gave the driver directions. (gave directions to the driver)
Appositives.