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by goelmohit2002 » Sat Sep 05, 2009 9:21 am
Hi All,

Can someone please tell what is meant by direct object....there are couple of explanations in OG where they talk about direct object.....(but I don't remember the Question number as of now)....

I think OG say that for direct object we do not need "that"....

e.g. I think I will play today.

Can someone please tell why "that" is not required for direct object and what is the difference between direct and "not" direct objects ?

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by kyabe » Sat Sep 05, 2009 9:29 am
Direct object is something which takes the action performed by the subject.

For example:

I kicked the ball.

Here ball is the direct object.

Peter bought Susan a necklace.

Here Susan is indirect object and necklace is direct object.

The above statement can be written as:

Peter bought necklace for Susan.

Indirect object can be rephrased as to Indirect Object or for Indirect object.

Hope this helps!!!
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by goelmohit2002 » Sat Sep 05, 2009 9:39 am
kyabe wrote:Direct object is something which takes the action performed by the subject.

For example:

I kicked the ball.

Here ball is the direct object.

Peter bought Susan a necklace.

Here Susan is indirect object and necklace is direct object.

The above statement can be written as:

Peter bought necklace for Susan.

Indirect object can be rephrased as to Indirect Object or for Indirect object.

Hope this helps!!!
Oh ok thanks....

Can you please tell what difference for GMAT purpose this distinction of direct and indirect object create ?

Basically how does GMAT tests this....?

Can you please help ?
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by kyabe » Sat Sep 05, 2009 9:41 am
Mohit,

To answer how GMAT tests these, I am not a right person. As this is not something we can categorize as parallelism or any topics under which we can categorize it. If you give me the question number I might help..
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by goelmohit2002 » Sat Sep 05, 2009 10:11 am
kyabe wrote:Mohit,

To answer how GMAT tests these, I am not a right person. As this is not something we can categorize as parallelism or any topics under which we can categorize it. If you give me the question number I might help..
Thanks kyabe.

Please see the below question#155 of OG-10. Here to kick out A, B, D......OG says that "A, B, and D
lack the conjunction "that" needed to introduce the direct object clause."

Can you please tell me about this rule....why "that" is necessarily required after direct object....or there is some specific conditions when "that" is required. Do we need "that" only or any other relative pronoun is also OK.

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Federal authorities involved in the investigation have found the local witnesses are difficult to locate, reticent and are suspicious of strangers.
(A) the local witnesses are difficult to locate, reticent, and are
(B) local witnesses to be difficult to locate, reticent, and are
(C) that local witnesses are difficult to locate, reticent, and
(D) local witnesses are difficult to locate and reticent, and they are
(E) that local witnesses are difficult to locate and reticent, and they are
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by kyabe » Sat Sep 05, 2009 10:15 am
goelmohit2002 wrote:

Federal authorities involved in the investigation have found the local witnesses are difficult to locate, reticent and are suspicious of strangers.
(A) the local witnesses are difficult to locate, reticent, and are
(B) local witnesses to be difficult to locate, reticent, and are
(C) that local witnesses are difficult to locate, reticent, and
(D) local witnesses are difficult to locate and reticent, and they are
(E) that local witnesses are difficult to locate and reticent, and they are
Here we dont need to go to that detail. Its very simple if u see a parallalism between the traits of local witnesses.


local witnesses are difficult to locate
are reticent
and are suspicious of strangers.

None of other options makes the traits of local witnesses parallel..Does that makes sense..
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by goelmohit2002 » Sat Sep 05, 2009 10:20 am
kyabe wrote:
goelmohit2002 wrote:

Federal authorities involved in the investigation have found the local witnesses are difficult to locate, reticent and are suspicious of strangers.
(A) the local witnesses are difficult to locate, reticent, and are
(B) local witnesses to be difficult to locate, reticent, and are
(C) that local witnesses are difficult to locate, reticent, and
(D) local witnesses are difficult to locate and reticent, and they are
(E) that local witnesses are difficult to locate and reticent, and they are
Here we dont need to go to that detail. Its very simple if u see a parallalism between the traits of local witnesses.


local witnesses are difficult to locate
are reticent
and are suspicious of strangers.

None of other options makes the traits of local witnesses parallel..Does that makes sense..
Hi Kyabe,

Thanks.

But...actually i also got the answer with the above approach that you suggested......but IMO we should learn the other important concept (of direct object) that OG want to test...they will test in some other question where may be only this concept might be tested.....

Can you please help understand this concept ?
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by Stacey Koprince » Wed Oct 07, 2009 4:36 pm
Received a PM asking me to respond.

First, an object in general is, if it is present in a sentence, typically part of what's called the predicate, or the part after the main verb. If an object is present, it is part of the core of the sentence.

She likes cats.

She = subj, likes = verb, cats = object

A sentence doesn't have to have an object.

She runs.

A sentence can have a direct object.

In "she likes cats," the word "cats" is a direct object. A direct object answers the question "What?" or "Whom?"

What does she like? cats.

A sentence can also have an indirect object.

She gave him a cat.

"Cat" is still the direct object (gave what? a cat). "him" is the indirect object. It answers the question "To or for whom?" or "To or for what?" In this case, it answers the question "for whom? him."

The GMAT doesn't test this much - it's not a major isse on this test.
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