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	Object (grammar) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In linguistics, the object of a transitive verb is one of its core arguments, which generally represents the target of the verb's action or the undergoer of its effects.
		In many languages, the patient of a ditransitive verb is marked in the same way as the single object of a monotransitive verb, and is called the direct object.
		In Latin, the direct object is marked by the accusative case, while the indirect object is typically marked by the dative case.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Indirect_object (405 words)

	Object - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		An object is a language supported mechanism for binding data tightly with methods that operate on that data.
		In law, to "object" or to "raise an objection" is to claim that the opposing side in a trial has violated the rules of the court.
		The word object comes from the latin word objectum, a noun form of objectus, which in turn comes from objicere, which means to throw or put something before someone.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Object (260 words)

	Object (grammar) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In (The scientific study of language) linguistics, the object of a (A verb (or verb construction) that requires an object in order to be grammatical) transitive verb is one of its core arguments, which generally represents the target of the verb's action.
		The direct object is marked by the (The category of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb) accusative case, while the indirect object is typically marked by the (The category of nouns serving as the indirect object of a verb) dative case.
		An object can be turned into a (The subject matter of a conversation or discussion) subject using (The voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb) passive voice, if the language in question has such a construction.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/o/ob/object_(grammar).htm (573 words)

	Indirect object pronouns
		Indirect object pronouns can be used in place of the indirect object, but only if the indirect object is already known or mentioned.
		Indirect object pronouns are usually placed in front of a conjugated verb.
		In sentences using conjugated verbs and infinitives (-ar, -er, -ir) or the present progressive, indirect object pronouns are either placed before the conjugated verb or attached to the infinitive or gerund.
	web.uvic.ca /hrd/span100/unit07/gr3b.htm (107 words)

	Indirect Object - Definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		An indirect object precedes the direct object and tells to whom or for whom the action of the verb is done and who is receiving the direct object.
		Indirect objects are usually found with verbs of giving or communicating like give, bring, tell, show, take, or offer.
		An indirect object is always a noun or pronoun which is not part of a prepositional phrase.
	englishplus.com /grammar/00000018.htm (75 words)

	Indirect Object Pronouns
		The indirect object pronoun represents the noun to whom and for whom, to which and for which, the action is intended.
		Indirect object pronouns are placed before Negative commands as well as before conjugated verbs, like direct object pronouns.
		Indirect object pronouns MUST be attached to the end of the infinitive when no conjugated verb is seen before it.
	goldey.gbc.edu /~grantm/spanish/spring/lectures/lecture4.htm (401 words)

	Direct/indirect objects
		Direct object pronouns and indirect object pronouns are often used together in a sentence.
		Indirect objects are to/for whom (usually a person) and the direct object is the thing involved.
		In sentences using conjugated verbs and infinitives (-ar, -er, -ir) or the present progressive, both indirect and direct object pronouns are placed before the conjugated verb or attached to the infinitive.
	web.uvic.ca /hrd/span100/unit08/gr1a.htm (170 words)

	pro8: indirect object pronouns
		In French the indirect object is always preceded by the preposition à and in English by the preposition 'to' : Tex offre des fleurs à Tammy.
		In the sentence 'Tex offre des fleurs à Tammy', 'Tammy' is the indirect object.
		In the affirmative imperative, the indirect object pronoun is placed after the verb it is the object of and attached to it by a hyphen.
	www.laits.utexas.edu /tex/gr/pro8.html (381 words)

	Indirect Object Pronouns (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Indirect Object Pronouns substitute nouns that are interested in the action performed by the verb.
		In Spanish, the indirect pronoun is generally used even when the indirect object noun is already stated.
		Placement of the Indirect Object Pronoun varies based on the verb form that is used in the sentence: With infinitives and imperfect participles (preogressive constructions) the pronoun can come either before the verb construction or attached to the end of the infinitive or participle.
	www.ucalgary.ca /~dabrowsk/span/grammar/0091g.htm (344 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		I said in the discussion of pattern two that direct objects are noun phrases that come immediately after the verb.
		Indirect objects do always come immediately after the verb.
		Sentences with indirect objects can usually be rewritten with the noun phrase of the indirect object occurring not as an indirect object but as an object of a preposition, as in the following.
	www.engl.niu.edu /dhardy/grammarbook/program2/sen_slide10.html (116 words)

	Indirect Objects & Pronouns and redundant object pronouns in Spanish (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Indirect Objects and Pronouns and redundant object pronouns in Spanish
		Instead of being the object of the action of the verb as a Direct Object does, the Indirect Object names the person or thing to whom or for whom the action is performed.
		The "to" is understood since the object pronoun is in the Indirect form.
	www.drlemon.net /Grammar/indirectobjects.html (666 words)

	Spanish Object Pronouns (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The indirect object pronoun precedes the conjugated verb:
		In affirmative commands, the indirect object pronoun is attached to the imperative:
		An indirect object noun phrase can follow the conjugated verb to clarify what is meant or for emphasis.
	home.comcast.net /~mike_pope/spanish/other/objectpronouns.htm (449 words)

	Spanish Grammar: indirect object pronouns part two
		The indirect object answers the question "To whom?" or "For whom?" the action of the verb is performed.
		In a negative statement with one verb, the indirect object pronoun comes between the negative word and the conjugated verb.
		The key to learning to use the indirect object pronouns is the same as the key for direct object pronouns.
	www.studyspanish.com /lessons/iopro2.htm (502 words)

	pro9: order of object pronouns present tense
		A single pronoun object is placed before the verb with which it is associated, except in the affirmative imperative when the pronoun object follows the verb.
		The direct object pronoun is usually closest to the verb of which it is the object.
		In this case, the indirect object is closest to the verb.
	www.laits.utexas.edu /tex/gr/pro9.html (491 words)

	Language Tools
		Direct objects can be replaced by direct object pronouns (me, te, le, la, nous, vous, les), which will agree in number and gender with the noun they replace.
		Indirect object pronouns precede the verb in all sentences except affirmative imperatives.
		They may be either direct or indirect objects, depending on the verbs with which they are used.
	www.people.carleton.edu /~scarpent/tools/grammar/20.htm (541 words)

	The Clause: Indirect Objects
		he indirect object is identifiable by all of the criteria of the direct object with a few unique characteristics of its own in form and position.
		Although both objects usually occur either as noun phrases or as clauses in form, the indirect object is restricted to the relative clause form.
		The indirect object can occur only when the direct object is also represented in the clause.
	papyr.com /hypertextbooks/grammar/cl_io.htm (165 words)

	The Indirect Object (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The IO of the verb is a noun or pronoun that precedes the direct object (DO) and usually tells “to whom” or “for whom” (or “to what” or “for what”) the action of the verb is done.
		INDIRECT OBJECTS Sheila gave the children a story.
		Identify the direct object and then identify the indirect object.
	home.att.net /~rguimaraes/The_Indirect_Object.htm (593 words)

	Sentence Structure: Direct and Indirect Object
		Some verbs can be followed by both a direct object (do) and an indirect object (io) - the person or thing to whom or what or for whom or what something is done: give, send, show, tell, teach, find, sell, ask, offer, pay, pass, and hand.
		The indirect object follows the verb and precedes the direct object.
		An indirect object can also be replaced with a prepositional phrase, which then follows the direct object.
	college.hmco.com /english/raimes/digitalkeys/keyshtml/senten34.htm (136 words)

	Improved parsing and flexibility of indirect object syntax -
		Indirect objects should be any valid single value
		RFC 244 suggests that the bareword indirect object be dropped altogether to resolve this ambiguity.
		Because this RFC neither helps nor hurts this specific ambiguity, it defers to whatever is decided with barewords and simply states: The precedence rules for bareword indirect objects inside parens should be the same as for those outside parens.
	dev.perl.org /perl6/rfc/174.html (889 words)

	Re: 3rd person Indirect Object Pronouns (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		First, identify the indirect object by asking "to whom?" or "for whom?" the action is done.
		The second big difference is that although the indirect object pronoun is called a pronoun, it actually does not replace the noun...
		The le or les, then is the first half of the indirect object pronoun.
	commhum.mccneb.edu /spn111ta/_disc3/00000010.htm (152 words)

	Rappel 8: Les pronoms objets indirects (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The choice of the whether you use a direct or indirect object pronoun is largely determined by the verb.
		However, for the third person (he, she, it, them), there are separate pronouns for direct and indirect objects, and it is important to choose them correctly, and to know what kind of object the verb takes.
		To decide between direct object pronouns (le /l', la /l', les) or indirect object pronouns (lui, leur), try to reconstruct the sentence, replacing the pronoun with a person or a noun.
	www.indiana.edu /~elemfren/F200/rappel8.htm (513 words)

	Objects and Complements
		An indirect object (which, like a direct object, is always a noun or pronoun) is, in a sense, the recipient of the direct object.
		An object complement is similar to a subject complement, except that (obviously) it modifies an object rather than a subject.
		In this case, the noun "driver" is the direct object of the verb "consider," but the adjective "tired" is still acting as its complement.
	www.uottawa.ca /academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/objcompl.html (465 words)

	French Grammar Exercises
		For all questions, the object noun(s) in the given sentence must be replaced by the proper pronoun(s).
		Be aware: certain verbs take an indirect object in French while their English equivalents take a direct object.
		Both the direct and the indirect object precede the verb to which they are logically related.
	www.columbia.edu /~fms5/fpro.html (565 words)

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		In the sentence [Sam gave flowers to Denise], Sam is the subject, flowers is the direct object, and Denise fills the role of indirect object.
		Some of you will say, 'but isn't Denise the object of the preposition to?' And I answer, 'yes, it is.' But it is also the indirect object, so it is fulfilling two roles at this point.
		When we discussed the passive construction the point was made that the direct object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive version, e.g.: [The girl threw the ball] became [The ball was thrown by the girl ].
	www.hamline.edu /personal/srundquist/Slec7a.html (469 words)

	Lagelands Grammar - Glossary of terms - indirect object
		This recipient is referred to as the indirect object.
		You can find the indirect object by asking the question: ‘To whom……?’ In the case of the example, you can ask the question ‘To whom does Sara give the book?’.
		The answer is the indirect object of the subject’s action, namely ‘Kenny’.
	www.ucl.ac.uk /dutch/grammatica/glossary_indirect_object.htm (155 words)

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		Code references should still have to be enclosed in blocks, since this is needed to reduce ambiguity between indirect objects and chained functions.
		=head2 Indirect objects should be enclosable in parens Let's get into a more common example: print @data; print(@data); print STDERR @data; print(STDERR @data); Currently, the fact that all of these can coexist contributes to the fact that CORE::print is not prototypeable/overrideable, which is a bad thing, obviously.
		suggests that the bareword indirect object be dropped altogether to resolve this ambiguity.
	dev.perl.org /perl6/rfc/174.pod (770 words)

	Spanish Grammar: indirect object pronouns part three
		Remember, the indirect object answers the question "To whom?" or "For whom?" the action of the verb is performed.
		In an affirmative statement with one verb, the indirect object pronoun comes immediately before the conjugated verb.
		In sentences with two verbs, there are two options regarding the placement of the indirect object pronoun.
	www.studyspanish.com /lessons/iopro3.htm (337 words)

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