Indirect Object Phrases
So far, we have seen an Indirect object as a single word only, but an Indirect object can be both a noun and a noun phrase.
I granted him some money.
Here “him” is the Indirect object.
But let’s see this example
The bank granted a real-estate NRI businessman a 5000cr loan.
Here, “real-estate NRI Businessman” is a noun phrase and this entire noun phrase is the indirect object.
Indirect Objects vs. direct objects H2
In a sentence, Indirect objects and direct objects are placed next to each other and are also very similar. But if they looked carefully, it is not very difficult to tell the difference.
We know that indirect objects should be placed just after a verb and directly before direct objects. But the vice versa is not true. This means direct object does not need indirect objects. Suppose after a direct object an indirect object has to be written. In that case, it cannot be written directly after the direct object but after a preposition and the object will become the object of the preposition instead of being called an indirect object.
I gave a pen him => incorrect.
I gave a pen to him.
Here “him” is not an indirect object but the object of the preposition. And This sentence has only one direct object which is “pen”.
Thus, if in a sentence, there is only one object be it direct or indirect. It will always be considered a direct object.
I gave him
I gave a pen.The direct
In both the above examples “him” and “pen” are direct objects as they are the only objects in the sentence.
If there are two objects in the sentence, the object which is receiving the action of the verb is the Direct object and the object which is receiving the other object is the Indirect object.
Indirect Objects in English (Meaning & Examples)
Indirect Objects in English
In English Grammar, there are two kinds of objects which are Direct and Indirect objects. In this article, let’s understand the Indirect object in the sentence.
The indirect object of a sentence is the recipient of the direct object. So basically, the indirect object can be related to the receiver of the direct object.
Example.
He told me a secret.
Here, the direct object is “secret” and it is “me” who was told a secret, so it is I, i.e., “me” is the recipient.
So, there might be confusion between Indirect and Direct objects as both are closely related. This article will give you complete information about the Indirect objects with plenty of examples to make you clear everything about it.