Questions tagged [objects]
A noun phrase denoting a person or thing that is the recipient of the action of a transitive verb
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Need help with “who/whom” question
_______ is the lady Jim was talking to?
a.) Who
b.) Whom
Hi all, may I know what is the answer to the above question? From my understanding of grammar rules, Jim is the subject and the lady is the ...
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Have you ever seen an Iphone <manufactured> vs <being manufactured>?
Have you ever seen an iPhone manufactured?
Have you ever seeen an iPhone being manufactured?
Does "manufactured" mean that the person's seen the whole process?
Does "being manufactured&...
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'To + noun' as object, complement, or adverbial?
In the sentence ' I gave the book to my brother' or in the sentence ' The teacher gave homework to the students',what specific roles do the prepositional phrases 'to my brother ' and ' to the students'...
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“Never asked” or “never asked her”?
Is she a lesbian?
I do not know. Never asked.
I do not know. Never asked her.
Which one is better?
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Who loves whom in “Jane has this illusion that John is in love with her”?
At first glance, what would a native English speaker think the following meant?
Jane has this illusion that John is in love with her.
In a word, does 'her' refer to Jane or another woman?
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"Music brings people joy." What is the object？ [duplicate]
Music brings people joy.
In this sentence, what is the object？Is it people or joy？If it's joy, is people the indirect object?
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Subject + verb + personal object + bare infinitive: Can we follow this same formula for all subjunctive verbs?
My main question was prompted when I realized that there were other cases where subjunctive can be used with other verbs, such as with like, ask, etc.
Can we follow this same formula for all ...
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Which is the subject here?
We know that subject of an Imperative Sentence (You) remains understood.
For example,
"Look at the cuckoo in that tree."
Here, subject of the intransitive verb 'Look' is "You", ...
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Confusing Components in a Sentence: adverbial modifier OR object in a prepositional phrase
I'm trying to understand the grammatical role of a phrase in a sentence. The sentence in question is:
"And all without the government having to spend any money up-front, which is amazing."
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How should I read the sentence of multiple objects
This is a extract from session 6 'word power made easy Norman lewis' book.
"The orthodontist specializes in improving your "bite," retracting "buck," and by means of braces ...
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Infinitive objective complement
Why do some verbs can have “to infinitive” as object complement?
I found him to be marvelous
But others cannot:
I painted the house blue
And why do some verbs can omit the “to” in infinitive but some ...
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Clauses after prepositions
Many sources say to use noun phrases, nouns, or objective pronouns as objects of preposition. As per that, "Like I said" should be corrected to "As I said." At the same time, we ...
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Transitive and intransitive verbs, parallelism and object [closed]
This is my second question marked to be closed. If I knew the language very well, I wouldn't ask any questions here. I removed the original question. Let the moderators write the question here the way ...
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Subject question vs. object question
In the text book that I am supposed to use in my lessons I have this explanation on the difference between subject and object questions:
I want you to especially pay attention to this sentence above:
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"I" vs "me" when subject of sentence is implied
The image above says "The hard working employee and I on payday (Our paychecks are the same)".
I am convinced it should me "me", not "I", since the sentence without the ...
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"London is an easy place to get lost in." — What is the object of "in" here: "an easy place", "a place" or "place"?
The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language (pages 1248-1249), "hollow to-infinitivals licensed by an attributive adjective":
[i] London is an easy place to get lost in __.
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Multiple consecutive verbs with ambiguous objects
I found the following sentence:
It was a fine gun which he forged, stocked, and completed himself.
I can't just figure out the exact meaning of "completed himself", does that mean:
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Do the subject and object have to agree in number? For example: "Tigers (plural) are a wild animal (singular)"
Does the plurality of the object have to agree with the plurality of the subject? For example, which one of the following sentences is correct?
Tigers are wild animals and they live in the jungle.
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Where is the object of "into" in "a sauce for dipping pieces of food into"?
Wikipedia.org doesn't mark "into" as a preposition that can be used intransitively, i. e. "into" must always have an object.
Here are my three phrases where "a thick cold ...
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infinitive functioning as a noun or an adjective
I got him to repair the bike.
In this sentence is the infinitive functioning as a noun or an adjective?
Or without context is it just an <object + object compliment>?
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"Please give me until tomorrow morning" Is this expression correct?
https://eikaiwa.weblio.jp/information/business-material/suggesting-solutions-to-problems
This is an English lesson material that is used in an online English class. Please look at the bottom of PART ...
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Can we omit the subject and object at the same time?
Can we omit the subject and object at the same time?
example:
Although he is hurt by her, he still loves her. (nothing omitted)
Although hurt by her, he still loves her. (subject omitted only)
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What is the sense the "either" as an object in the sentence?
This is the first time I see the either at the end of a sentence to be an object.
I don’t think women and men are different, and I don’t even think age groups are either.
I guess the either means ...
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In the sentence "She ate pizza at school," is "school" an indirect object?
I know that in the sentence "I'm doing a project for school," "school" is indeed the indirect object, but in the title sentence, is "school" a indirect object there as ...
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Can I add an object after the verb "live"?
I wrote the following sentence
They lived a lot of good experiences together.
but started wondering whether it is correct to add an object after "live". Here are some other ways to say ...
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Does the sentence containing "I’ve done made" make sense?
I’ve done made a black tea with a slice of lime on it .
it appeared in a group chat that include many non-English native speakers and seems odd to me.
since "done" can be a transitive verb, ...
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adjective or noun + for + object?
It's impossible for the job to be finished in time.
It's a good idea for us to travel in separate cars.
There is a definition in the books :
adjective + for + object + infinitive
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A grammar question about object
I've read a sentence.
But a series of interruptions and heckles showed the uphill task it
will be to find co-operation.
"the uphill task it will be to find co-operation." is object. But I ...
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reinforce + that-clause
I don't know if it's okay for the verb "reinforce" to take a that-clause as an object. Is it a new usage? Following learners' dictionaries, I'd have expected a noun object, such as "the ...
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Anticipatory “it” representing the object in a gerundial phrase
Can anyone explain to me why we need the dummy “it” in the sentence 1 and 2, but not in 3 and 4?
1– We found it very useless trying to persuade him to go with us.
2– I don’t think it worthwhile taking ...
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can a word be both an object and a subject in a clause?
She handed him a cup of tea that he knew without tasting would be exactly as he liked it.
Is "that" the object of "he knew" and the subject of "would be…"?
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object + infinitive?
In a book there is an expression like '' Many verbs are followed by object + infinitive ''
I want you to listen.
They told me to go.
What is meant by '' object '' in this statement ?
Yes i know these ...
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"I doing sth", "me doing sth", "my doing sth" as a subject or an object
I'm learning English and it sometimes confuses me what constructions, either clause or gerund, are acceptable as subjects or objects.
In a question I asked previously, I asked about the grammaticality ...
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"I doing something", "me doing something", "my doing something" as an object
Consider the following four sentences:
She doesn't like that I talked rudely to her.
She doesn't like I talking rudely to her.
She doesn't like my talking rudely to her.
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About indirect object in sentence
I came across the sentence "He charges me money". Can the verb "charge" take an indirect object?
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Pay someone vs Pay to someone
I know we don't use "Pay to someone," but is there a reason? In terms of grammar, it seems correct.
Pay (transitive verb) + someone (direct object)
Pay (intransitive verb) + to someone (...
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Can the subject of a sentence also be its object?
Can the subject of a sentence also be its object?
In the sentence, "There came a man who was sent from God," is "man" both the subject of "came" and the object of "...
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How do you determine the object of a verb in a rather long sentence like this?
Eric Leed identifies and provides historical, sociological and
psychological insights about the different elements that together
combine to form a journey, carried out by a traveller.
In the above ...
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Why does this sentence 'I find it difficult to speak English fluently' have no copula? [closed]
Moreover, is 'I find it is difficult to speak English fluently' incorrect or unnatural?
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A second essential function vision serves is to facilitate major changes. Is the sentence grammatical?
I came across this sentence and am not sure whether it is grammatical. It looks like the clause "a second essential function vision serves" functions as a subject and is embedded into the ...
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Can transitive verbs not be followed by an object?
Here's an example of a transitive verb "found" not followed by an object. Can anyone tell me what kind of sentence structure is that which makes this possible?
Some people with pain, ...
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It's us! / It's we!
It was him who meessed up everything.
It was he who messed up
everything.
It's them who was there.
It's them who were there.
It's they who was there.
It's they who were there.
It's me who is sorry.
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The object of "Address a concern on"
I came across a sentence below:
Its purpose is to address a concern on the part of the xxx staff that
conceptual models of processes constitute a major source of
uncertainty. (xxx is the name of an ...
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a verb "know" as a transitive verb and an intransitive verb
Can I say only "Do you know?" without saying the object in this case?:
I'm looking for a flower shop around here. Do you know?
How can I distinguish cases where I need to say object and ...
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The passive voice with prepositional objects
The question concerns changing of the form and place of the direct object and prepositional objects in a sentence after it was reverted to the passive voice.
For example let's consider the following ...
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intransitive use of "drink"
In the following sentence, the object it is necessary, isn't it? But why?
a. The milk was so hot that I couldn't drink [it].
The verb drink has an intransitive use, not necessarily related to ...
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Can the verb "entail" be complemented by a "that"-clause?
When I look up the verb entail in my dictionaries (Cambridge, Merriam-Webster and Longman) I get examples showing that this verb may be complemented by noun phrases (e.g. This will entail major ...
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"... hours he spent leisurely" vs. "... hours he spent them leisurely."
The first two hours he spent (them) leisurely.
Google Docs suggested that I remove them in that sentence. But if I do that, spent doesn't have an object anymore.
Or maybe it's okay to omit objects in ...
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How to make an object question for the object of infinitive of purpose?
Object questions are easy, if in the sentence there is just a main verb, showing the whole action. What if there is an infinitive of purpose with an (prepositional) object?
How does one make object ...
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She was told a joke
She was told a joke
Is a joke an object here? Or maybe a compulsory adjunct? Cuz I think she was told doesn't make sense on its own.
I'm confused, can someone help?
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