Object (grammar)
grammatical term; argument in a proposition
An object in grammar is the target of an action, and occurs in any sentence with a transitive verb. It is an element in the clause which follows the verb, as in:
- The cat ate breakfast.
- She hit him and then said go away from here
These are direct objects. The following are indirect objects:
- The dog brought Jane his lead.
- I sent my son a letter.
The structure of these sentences is (S/V/O/O) where S = subject, V = verb and O = object. The first object is an indirect object, the second is a direct object. Notice that, in the last example, you sent a letter, not your son. The sentence makes perfect sense without the indirect object.
An equivalent sentence to the last example is:
- I sent a letter to my son.
Here some grammarians also see son as the indirect object (letter is the term which cannot be left out).[1]p720
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