Grammar Sucks: What to Do to Make Your Writing Much More Better by Joanne Kimes & Gary Robert Muschla

Author:Joanne Kimes & Gary Robert Muschla [Kimes, Joanne & Muschla, Gary Robert]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Language Arts & Disciplines, Grammar & Punctuation
ISBN: 9781593376260
Google: pN8NmAEACAAJ
Amazon: B001QCX24M
Publisher: Adams Media
Published: 2007-04-29T04:00:00+00:00

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lovable.

You’re doing it again, aren’t you? You’re smacking your-

self in the forehead? I knew it! Let’s continue. Sometimes

predicate nominatives and predicate adjectives are grouped

together and called subject complements. This is because the

complements refer to the subject of a sentence . . . duh.

Direct and Indirect Objects

Whereas predicate nominatives and predicate adjectives

are used only with linking verbs, direct objects and indirect

objects are used with action verbs.

A direct object is a word or words that receive the action

of a verb. They can be nouns, pronouns, phrases, or clauses,

and they usually answer the questions whom? or what? In the

following examples, direct objects are labeled DO.

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