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indirect object
noun
- a word or group of words representing the person or thing with reference to which the action of a verb is performed, in English generally coming between the verb and the direct object and paraphrasable as the object of a preposition, usually to or for, following the direct object, as the boy in He gave the boy a book.
indirect object
noun
- grammar a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase indicating the recipient or beneficiary of the action of a verb and its direct object, as John in the sentence I bought John a newspaper Compare direct object
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Word History and Origins
Origin of indirect object1
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Example Sentences
Four different cases in Old English tell you whether a word is a subject, direct object, indirect object or possessor.
But bit by bit the language is taking shape, definite articles and nouns and indirect objects and verbs and prepositional phrases hanging off subjects and predicates and predicate complements like a Calder mobile.
“Me,” “him,” “her,” “us,” and “them” are in the objective case, and are used as direct objects, indirect objects, and objects of a preposition.
To these forms it joined the signs of the direct and indirect object, which is the essential characteristic of incorporating idioms.
I couldn’t think of the name of that Dative, so I just put Indirect Object, because you said that in a way all Datives were indirect objects.
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