What is the difference between a direct object and an indirect object?: Difference between revisions
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Generally, the subject is completing an action, the direct object is being acted on, and the verb is in the active voice. Also, it is important to remember that not all sentences will have direct or indirect objects. | Generally, the subject is completing an action, the direct object is being acted on, and the verb is in the active voice. Also, it is important to remember that not all sentences will have direct or indirect objects. | ||
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[http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/objcompl.html Objects and Complements] | [http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/objcompl.html Objects and Complements] | ||
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[http://www.writingcentre.uottawa.ca/hypergrammar/trnsintr.html Transitive and Intransitive Verbs] | [http://www.writingcentre.uottawa.ca/hypergrammar/trnsintr.html Transitive and Intransitive Verbs] | ||
== Works Cited == | |||
Maimon, Peritz, and Yancey. ''A Writer's Resource''. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2010. Print. | Maimon, Peritz, and Yancey. ''A Writer's Resource''. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2010. Print. |