Sentence examples for has no direct object from inspiring English sources
"the implied intransitive" because it has no direct object but implies there should be one.
Here's what the stylebook says: In fluid writing, the best place for the time element is after the verb — immediately after, if the verb has no direct object: The dean of Cordero University announced on Tuesday that undergraduates would be required to perform four hours of community service a week.
In anxiety, as in fear, I grasp myself as threatened or as vulnerable; but unlike fear, anxiety has no direct object, there is nothing in the world that is threatening.
MARKETING has no direct relationship with sales.
"There's no direct object there," Mr. Spencer said.
But with rise, there's no direct object.
Drax objected from the outset to its inclusion in Cesp, saying independent generators had no direct relationship with domestic electricity customers and no experience of providing energy efficiency measures.
"We have no direct detection of water".
Many products have no direct user charge.
I have no direct knowledge, though".
