The indirect object complement
Adding more information to the verb. |
* This object is not common in a passage as will be the case of the direct object which is used with most of the transitive verbs. |
*The indirect object receives the direct object. |
*The indirect object cannot occur without the direct object in a sentence. |
Example: The coach throws her = an indirect object To who does she throw the ball? =to her |
a ball.= direct object. What does the coach throw? = a ball |
The sentence now reads: The coach throws her a ball |
**THE PERSON OR THING THAT GETS THE DIRECT OBJECT IS THE INDIRECT OBJECT. |
examples: /She offers HER a present/ She is giving HER instructions/She administers treatment to THE PATIENT/ |
***The indirect object may occur before the prepositional phrase with to______ or for _________ |
Examples: She has prepared breakfast for THE PATIENT/She administers drugs for THE DOCTOR. |
NB. *THE INDIRECT OBJECT COMPLEMENT IS IDENTIFIED TO ANSWER THE QUESTION ‘FOR WHO?’, ‘FOR WHAT’, ‘TO WHAT?’ OR ‘TO WHO?’ AND NOT ‘TO WHERE’, ‘TO WHEN’. |
He gives the dog water= to what? The dog. (indirect object)/ He slaps her =who?=DIRECT OBJECT/ BUT He sends her daughter to Poland= He sends her daughter= To where? Poland. This case is an adverbial. |
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