Comments on: Direct Object: Examples of Direct Objects https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/nouns/direct-objects/ GrammarBook.com Mon, 20 Mar 2023 17:01:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.5 By: GrammarBook.com https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/nouns/direct-objects/#comment-1593699 Mon, 20 Mar 2023 17:01:38 +0000 https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/?p=4704#comment-1593699 In reply to Bryan.

The comma is not necessary.

]]> By: Bryan https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/nouns/direct-objects/#comment-1593129 Sat, 18 Mar 2023 03:26:04 +0000 https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/?p=4704#comment-1593129 When you begin a clause with the direct object such as in “You, I’ll always love,” is there a comma after the direct object as written or is it “You I’ll always love”?

]]> By: GrammarBook.com https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/nouns/direct-objects/#comment-1473608 Mon, 02 Aug 2021 18:24:32 +0000 https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/?p=4704#comment-1473608 In reply to Mary McDonald.

If the construction is a subject, a conjugated form of be (e.g., is, was, were), and a subject complement, the subjective case is used. Therefore, I is correct. Please see our posts Picking Proper Pronouns: Part II and I Subject, Your Honor.

]]> By: Mary McDonald https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/nouns/direct-objects/#comment-1471987 Sun, 25 Jul 2021 18:30:50 +0000 https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/?p=4704#comment-1471987 In the sentence “The victim could have been (I or me),” I am assuming either “I” or “me” is a direct object. Because the subject is in the nominative case, I am thinking “I” is the correct pronoun to use here. Am I right or wrong on that?

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