The Grammar Guidebook by Susan Wise Bauer

Author:Susan Wise Bauer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Epub3
Publisher: The Well-Trained Mind Press
Published: 2019-03-05T00:00:00+00:00

OBJECTS

A direct object receives the action of the verb.

subject predicate direct object

Aunt Polly placed small trust in such evidence.

Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

An object complement follows the direct object and renames or describes it.

subject predicate direct object object complement object complement

She found the entire fence whitewashed, and not only whitewashed

object complement object complement

but elaborately coated and recoated, and even a streak added to the ground.

Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

An indirect object is the noun or pronoun for whom or to whom an action is done.

An indirect object comes between the action verb and the direct object.

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