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'''What is an Object?''' | '''What is an Object?''' | ||
An object is a word in a sentence placed after a [http://www.writingcentre.uottawa.ca/hypergrammar/trnsintr.html transitive verb] that gives the verb additional meaning. Without the object, the thought is incomplete. Objects can be nouns, pronouns, or a group of words acting as a noun or pronoun (Maimon 594). Objects are also classified as '''direct''' or '''indirect'''. A direct object answers ''whom'' or ''what'' | An object is a word in a sentence placed after a [http://www.writingcentre.uottawa.ca/hypergrammar/trnsintr.html transitive verb] that gives the verb additional meaning. Without the object, the thought is incomplete. Objects can be nouns, pronouns, or a group of words acting as a noun or pronoun (Maimon 594). Objects are also classified as '''direct''' or '''indirect'''. A direct object receives the action of the verb and answers ''whom'' or ''what''?. An indirect object is the receiver of the direct object and answers <i>for whom, for what, to whom</i>, or <i>to what?</i> | ||
== The Rules == | == The Rules == |