Earmark
Deficit spending.
Yes, a direct object can be in a prepositional phrase if the verb takes a preposition before the direct object. For example, in the sentence "She is looking for her keys," "keys" is the direct object and is part of the prepositional phrase "for her keys."
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The phrase "IPSO Facto" means when translated into English the phrase "by the fact itself". This means that a direct phenomenon is a direct consequence of the action.
In the phrase "Randy mailed a package" the word package is the direct object, and in the phrase "to his friend Jorge" the name Jorge is the direct object.
"May" can function as a modal verb indicating possibility or permission. It is not an indirect object, subject, direct object, or verb phrase.
Pork barrel is a term referring to appropriation of government spending for localized projects secured solely or primarily to bring money to a representative's district.
Subject, verb, and direct object are three things you will not find in a prepositional phrase.
When separating a direct quotation from a signal phrase, a writer should not use a comma
There is no gerund phrase in that example.
The syllables for the phrase 'direct obersations' are: di-rect - ob-ser-va-tions.
YesThe gerund is trapping. The phrase is the trapping of gas. Yes it is the direct object.