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Subject and Object

Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2013 7:35 am
by mentarget
There Alan, from the sentence, "Jimmy threw a pencil at Eric." I know that "Jimmy is the subject and Eric is the object.

What is "a pencil"?

I need to explain to my students.

Thanks.

Re: Subject and Object

Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2013 3:36 am
by Alan
Not quite, I'm afraid.

'Pencil' is the direct object. 'Eric' is simply a prepositional object.