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Identify direct objects in a sentence<\/li>\r\n \t
Use direct object pronouns to avoid repetition<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n
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(a) Direct object pronouns are used in place of direct object nouns. In English, for example, I can replace the word pizza<\/strong> with the pronoun it<\/strong>:<\/p>\r\n
I eat the pizza \u2794 I eat it<\/p>\r\n
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A direct object is a noun \u2014 a person or thing \u2014 that someone or something acts upon. In this case, the object is the pizza. If the pizza was eating me, then I would be the object. Fortunately for me, the pizza is the object that I am eating, and I am the subject doing the eating.<\/p>\r\n
So, the first thing you need to do is recognize what the direct object is in a sentence. In the following examples, you can see how Madeleine or Maywi can both assume the roles of subject and object depending on word order:<\/p>\r\n\r\n