Sentence examples for the direct object of from inspiring English sources

When a definite noun or one taken as already known is the direct object of the sentence, a pronoun in the objective case that repeats this information must also be inserted in the verb phrase; e.g., i-a dhashë librin atij is literally "him-it I-gave the-book to-him," which in standard English would be "I gave the book to him".

To the extent that physics is linked to the transcendent world of objective reality, it cannot arise as the direct object of intuition, but must, like the transcendent world itself, be presented in symbolic form; more exactly, as the result of a process of symbolic construction.

Make it "whom," the direct object of "has seen".

Sometimes they have been the direct object of hunters of feathers and eggs.

But we mistakenly treat it as though it's the direct object of "reported".

The direct object of "attacked" is not "whomever" but the entire relative clause: "attacked whoever answered".

Sense-data, Entities that are the direct objects of sensation.

Like most forms of realism, representative realism holds that the direct objects of perception are sense-data (or their equivalents).

Thus, while the direct objects of verbs such as touch or push are standardly physical objects, the direct objects of verbs such as believe, hope, expect, and want are the propositions picked out by such a clause: John believes that the stock market will fall.

Colour and extension are not mental qualities for Berkeley: colour can be seen, and extension can be touched; they are "sensible ideas," or sense-data, the direct objects of percipient mind.

By contrast, Reid holds that the direct objects of memory and perception are extra-mental.