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What is the difference between a direct object and an indirect object?: Difference between revisions
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== Objects: Direct vs. Indirect == | === Objects: Direct vs. Indirect === | ||
== The Rules == | |||
'''What is an Object?''' | '''What is an Object?''' | ||
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Some sentences also contain indirect objects. An indirect object is the receiver of the direct object. They are similar to direct objects, because they are nouns or pronouns. The difference between the two is the question that the object answers. An indirect object answers the question <i>for whom, for what, to whom</i>, or <i>to what?</i> | Some sentences also contain indirect objects. An indirect object is the receiver of the direct object. They are similar to direct objects, because they are nouns or pronouns. The difference between the two is the question that the object answers. An indirect object answers the question <i>for whom, for what, to whom</i>, or <i>to what?</i> | ||