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What is the difference between a direct object and an indirect object?: Difference between revisions
What is the difference between a direct object and an indirect object? (view source)
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<li>Example: Johnny threw <u>his dog</u> a tennis ball.</li> | <li>Example: Johnny threw <u>his dog</u> a tennis ball.</li> | ||
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This example answers <i>to whom</i> Johnny threw the tennis ball. If a sentence has an indirect object, it | This example answers <i>to whom</i> Johnny threw the tennis ball. If a sentence has an indirect object, it '''must''' also have a direct object. This sentence's direct object is "the tennis ball," because it answers <i>what</i> Johnny threw. | ||