Questions about the part of speech governed by prepositions and active transitive verbs.
Questions tagged [objects]
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Use of the verb 'think' with an indirect object and direct object
Is it correct to use a construction with the verb 'think', having an indirect and direct object, like the following, which I heard, I believe, on Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends from my childhood.
'We think him vulgar'
That phrase has stayed…
JDF
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Object in a sentence
As for my knowledge, the object in a sentence is used to talk about the thing or person that the verb is done to or who receives the verb.
For example :
I put the orange cat into the garden.
With this sentence, it's easy to identify the object…
Leon
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Can you say "Alone
can you say for example:
Alone Potato?
I want to say that a potato is alone, like "look at that alone potato".
I think lonely Potato is better right?
But can you say alone potato also? Or is this sounding weird?
DeepL is translating it right to…
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How do I correctly identify the object in a sentence?
How do I correctly identify the object in a sentence?
Here are two examples I am confused about.
She rose from her chair.
On a website, I read that this sentence doesn't contain any object. But I believe that since the "chair" is receiving the…
The NOVICE
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How to identify the object in a sentence?
What is the object in the sentence, "We went down the slope."
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Prepositional phrase Vs Direct object
I have seen the rule put forward that
We need a direct object to form a passive sentence.
The following sentences don't have direct objects according to some schools of thought, they have prepositional phrases. But are these sentences…
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What is the object in the sentence "my sister and her work together"
It seems like 'my sister and her' are both subjects so it should be 'my sister and she'... And it would be if they worked on something specific together (the obvious object). Eg: My sister and she work on this project.
But the "together" at the end…
