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Grammar and Linguistics > OBJECT OR NOT OBJECT
OBJECT OR NOT OBJECT
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sol_landia
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OBJECT OR NOT OBJECT
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I would like you to help me with this sentence...
We waited for me for 3 hours
Is there any object in this sentence or not?? I �m really confused, I appreciate you could help me ...
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4 Oct 2012
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yanogator
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First, there is a problem with the sentence, since "we" wouldn �t wait for "me". However, to answer your question, there isn �t a direct object, but "me" is the object of the preposition "for", and "hours" is the object of the other preposition "for". Bruce |
4 Oct 2012
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ueslteacher
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The sentence is confusing... shouldn �t it be "They had (have) been waiting/they had(have) waited for me for three hours" And in this case the "for me" is an indirect object.
@ grammar experts: isn�t "for three hours" an adverbial modifier of time? (that�s what I�ve been taught but I�d love to know the expert opinion) Sophia
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4 Oct 2012
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sol_landia
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I wanted to say HE waited for me |
4 Oct 2012
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yanogator
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Yes, Sophia, "for 3 hours" is an adverbial phrase.
The sentence is correct in the simple past, if it describes an event entirely in the past.
Why is he so angry?
I was late for our date, and he waited for me for three hours.
I �m not sure, but I think only a noun or pronoun (alone) can be an indirect object. I �d appreciate it if someone else would verify that:
He gave me the ball. ball - direct object, me - indirect object
He gave the ball to me. ball - direct object, no indirect object, me - object of the preposition "to"
Bruce |
4 Oct 2012
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papadeli
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The object of a preposition is a noun or a pronoun.
This is important because the object of a preposition is always in the �objective case �, and pronouns change
in this case.
Examples:
Can you give the ball to him?
("He" changes
to "him" in the objective case.)
I went to the cinema with them.
("They" changes
to "them" in the objective case.) The word �whom� is the objective case of �who�.
Examples:
Andy saw the scouts, at least one of whom was armed, through the mist.
("Whom" - objective
case after the preposition "of")
Against whom did you protest if there was nobody
present?
("Whom" - objective case after the preposition "against")
Greetings from Greece,
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4 Oct 2012
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