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Could you please provide me with the different forms of the direct object?
Thanks.
Thanks.
Thanks, but I already know these stuff. :roll:
Just asking about the forms of the direct object...
Prepositional phrases
My mom cleaned under the bed.
Your father will be decorating on the roof.
Don't forget pronouns.
I like her.
I don't agree with you. The main verbs are not used intransitively, and sure these are direct objects.
Adjuncts are optional elements, since their omission still leaves a complete sentence. That's not the case with the following sentence:
Your father will be decorating the roof.
Your father will be decorating on the roof.
:up:subject + verb + what? or who? = direct object
I agree that "Prepositional Phrases" is wrong.
But what about "Verbal Phrases". They are all gerunds - nouns. Are phrases beginning with gerunds called verbal/verb phrases?
R.How about this, Ray? ;-)
A: Are you going on holiday before or after Easter?
B: I prefer before Easter.
A: What do you prefer?
B: (The period) before Easter.
I wouldn't call "before Easter" a direct object.
Fighting Spirit's examples for prepositional phrases functioning as a direct object is clearly wrong.
That's what I said:
I agree [with you] that [fighting spirit's] "Prepositional Phrases" is wrong. That is, it's wrong to list prepositional phrases.With these terms, I was referring to the categories in fighting spirit's post.
Are you saying that some prepositional phrases (like 'before Easter') are direct objects but that the ones in fighting spirit's examples aren't?
Not all VPs are gerunds.
I was asking whether the gerund phrases in fighting spirit's post, labelled as "Verb Phrases" were actually verb phrases.
A gerund clause can serve as a direct object too. Also infinitive clauses -- or small clauses, their truncated version -- like this:
I consider [you (to be) an excellent grammarian]
Does the following sentence contain a verb phrase?
Most librarians enjoy reading.
The four grammatical forms that can function as the direct object are:
Prepositional phrases
My mom cleaned under the bed.
Your father will be decorating on the roof.
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