Subject and Object

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Subject and Object

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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.

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Re: Subject and Object

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Not quite, I'm afraid.

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