Constructive
When a person has direct physical control over an object, it is called physical possession.
I gave my dog a bone ('my dog' = indirect object; 'a bone' = direct object). They called me a taxi. (taxi - direct object, me- indirect object)
The part of a sentence that receives the action expressed by the verb is called the object. It can be a direct object, which directly receives the action, or an indirect object, which receives the action indirectly.
A direct object follows a transitive verb.
The object in the sentence is 'happy', a predicate adjective (also called a subject complement), an adjective that follows a linking verb that restates the subject (Jerry = happy).
When a person has direct physical control over an object, it is called physical possession.
Constructive
The verb is called a transitive verb if it takes a direct object.The verb is called an intransitive verb if it has no direct object or only an indirect object.
A direct object.
The direct object of the verb 'called' is the prepositional phrase for the doctor.
I gave my dog a bone ('my dog' = indirect object; 'a bone' = direct object). They called me a taxi. (taxi - direct object, me- indirect object)
"His lawyer" could be a direct object or indirect object, but it could not be an adverb. In "He called his lawyer", "his lawyer" is a direct object. In "He showed his lawyer the contract", "his lawyer" is an indirect object.
The force that occurs when one object pushes against another object is called contact force. This force can be exerted through direct physical contact between the objects.
The transfer of charge when electrons move from a charged object to another object by direct contact is called conduction.
The transfer of heat by physical contact is called conduction. Heat is transferred from a higher temperature object to a lower temperature object when they are in direct contact with each other. Conduction occurs as the vibrational energy of the molecules in the hotter object is transferred to the molecules in the colder object.
transitive verb
The part of a sentence that receives the action expressed by the verb is called the object. It can be a direct object, which directly receives the action, or an indirect object, which receives the action indirectly.