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What is the difference between a direct object and an indirect object?: Difference between revisions

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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.
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.


== Links ==
== External Links ==


[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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