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Guide to Direct Objects
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Many sentences in English require a subject, a verb, and a direct object (DO). A direct object is a noun, a noun phrase, or a pronoun that comes after the verb. The direct object answers the question “what?” or “who?”
Don’t confuse this with present continuous verb tense.
Use your dictionary if you can’t remember if a noun is count or non-count or if a verb ends in -ing (gerund) or if “to” (infinitive) is added.
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