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Cliverob33 Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Indirect object question

Dear teachers,

1. John saw Smith in the market.

2. Ryan celebrated his birthday yesterday.

In the first sentence the prepositional phrase/adverbial phrase " in the market" and "yesterday" in the second sentence, can they be called indirect objects?

  

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cliverob33 1. John saw Smith in the market. 2.

— CalifJim

  • cliverob33 1.
  • John saw Smith in the market.
  • 2.
  • Ryan celebrated his birthday yesterday .
  • The boldface items are not indirect objects.
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cliverob33

1. John saw Smith in the market.

2. Ryan celebrated his birthday yesterday.

The boldface items are not indirect objects.

Indirect objects are nouns or pronouns not preceded by prepositions. They are almost always found immediately after a verb and refer to a person or persons. They are almost always

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