In the last post I discussed what the "Object" in english grammar is. An object is the person or a thing affected by the action stated by the verb. Some verbs are followed by 2 objects.
Example
I gave him a book
Subject -I
1) Direct Object
2) Indirect Object
Direct Object-It is the person or thing affected by the action of verb
Indirect Object-It is the person who receive the direct object.
The Standard Rule for using the indirect is that it has to be placed before the direct object
SUBJECT + VERB +INDIRECT OBJECT+DIRECT OBJECT
Example
I gave him a book
Subject -I
Verb-gave
Indirect Object- him (because he is the receiver of the object,a book)
Direct Object - book(because verb 'give' is associated with 'book' directly)Other Examples
He bought her a present.("her" is indirect object and "present" is direct object)
Please show me the paper("me" is indirect object and "paper" is direct object)
Could you lend your friend some money?("friend" is indirect object and "money" is direct object)
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