Verb Pattern 3
Subject + Verb + Direct Object
In this pattern, we will discuss direct object which is placed after the verb.
For example:
I post the letter.
She opened the window.
/the letter/ or /the window/ is the direct object. It is placed after the verb /post/ and /opened/.
Direct object is an object which indicates true relation to the verb. In other words, the direct object is a noun, pronoun or noun phrase which is directly pointed at the verb's target.
Study this follows!
I give the flower.
I give her.
The flower is the direct object. What I give is the flower. So, there is a tight relation between the verb /give/ and the object /the flower/. That will be different of the second sentence where the object is /her/. what I give is not /her/ but the flower. It is because the verb /give/ means to hand over (to somebody) without payment or exchange. (source: Oxford dvanced Learners Dictionary of Current English, A S Hornby, rev.Ed.1987). It means that the verb /give/ is related to a thing not man.
When the sentence /I give her/ is being spoken to somebody else, the meaning will be dangling. It ca not be understood enough.
Study this follows carefully!
I give her the flower.
The sentence will be the same as this follows:
I give the flower to her.
Take notice that when the flower is something to be stressed, the flower, as the direct object is placed before the object /to her/.
You also can say:
I give it to her.
Note: /it/ refers to /the flower/.
Subject + Verb + Direct Object
In this pattern, we will discuss direct object which is placed after the verb.
For example:
I post the letter.
She opened the window.
/the letter/ or /the window/ is the direct object. It is placed after the verb /post/ and /opened/.
Direct object is an object which indicates true relation to the verb. In other words, the direct object is a noun, pronoun or noun phrase which is directly pointed at the verb's target.
Study this follows!
I give the flower.
I give her.
The flower is the direct object. What I give is the flower. So, there is a tight relation between the verb /give/ and the object /the flower/. That will be different of the second sentence where the object is /her/. what I give is not /her/ but the flower. It is because the verb /give/ means to hand over (to somebody) without payment or exchange. (source: Oxford dvanced Learners Dictionary of Current English, A S Hornby, rev.Ed.1987). It means that the verb /give/ is related to a thing not man.
When the sentence /I give her/ is being spoken to somebody else, the meaning will be dangling. It ca not be understood enough.
Study this follows carefully!
I give her the flower.
The sentence will be the same as this follows:
I give the flower to her.
Take notice that when the flower is something to be stressed, the flower, as the direct object is placed before the object /to her/.
You also can say:
I give it to her.
Note: /it/ refers to /the flower/.