Part 89 (1/2)

The tailor made him a coat

+409+ _Coat_ is the _direct_ object of the verb _made_ But we have another object in the pronoun _him_ We do not mean that the tailor made _him_, but that the tailor made him a _coat_ _Coat_ is the direct object and _him_ is the indirect object The indirect object is always placed before the direct object The indirect object may be used as the object of the preposition _to_ or _for_ As for exaht be rewritten to read, _The tailor made a coat for him_ In this sentence, _him_ is not the indirect object of the verb, but is the object of the preposition _for_

+410+ The direct object of the verb always answers the question _what?_ As for example, the tailor made _what?_--_a coat_ The indirect object of the verb na _to_ or _for_ which the act is done,--_the tailor made a coat for whom?_--for _him_

The direct and indirect object become a part of the complete predicate of the sentence There may be other modifiers also, as adverbs or adverb phrases, and all of these taken together form the complete predicate in the sentences where you have used an incoladly made hiladly made him a coat for the occasion_, formed of the verb _made_, the direct object, _coat_, the indirect object _hiladly_, and the phrase modifier, _for the occasion_

Exercise 3

In the following sentences, underscore the direct object with one line and the indirect object with two lines The verb is in italics

1 He _gave_ her a book

2 He _wrote_ ht_ her a watch

4 The nurse _gave_ the patient his hter a present

6 _Give_ me time to think

7 The clerk _sold_ her a dress

8 The teacher _read_ the children a story

9 The company _furnishes_ the men food and shelter

10 The man _showed_ us his wounds

Exercise 4

In the following sentences underscore the complete subject and the complete predicate Notice especially the direct and the indirect objects of the incomplete verbs The simple subjects and the direct objects are in italics

1 A great many _miles_ separate _us_ from our friends

2 The merry _shouts_ of the children fill the _air_ with s us the _perfuave the unfortunate ave hi_

6 _Soldiers_ obey _orders_ from their superiors

7 This terrible _war_ claier drives the _unemployed_ to rebellion

9 The _workers_ of the world produce _enough_ for all

10 The retiring _secretary_ showed us a _letter_ from the president

11 The old sea _captain_ told the _story_ of life at sea

12 _Labor_ produces all _wealth_

COPULATIVE VERBS

+411+ We have another class of incomplete verbs which require a co These are the copulative verbs