direct object

Many have in common that they change the direct object.

One cannot do this with a direct object (in English).

The verb does, however, change according to the direct object.

Class 1 verbs generally have a subject and a direct object.

This means that they may or may not take direct objects.

English word order usually places a direct object, not a subject, after a verb.

The direct object, if one is present, immediately follows the verb.

In contrast, the subject and direct object are not consistent across the two sentences.

The direct object is the person or thing that receives the action of the verb.

The direct object is reached with few if any conditional phrases in the way.

The direct object may be a recipient, for example.

The direct object of the verb is the thing/person being placed in a horizontal position.

The grammatical patient is often confused with the direct object.

Subjects and direct objects are not marked for case.

"If there is no clear direct object, how could there be forgiveness?"

An intransitive verb is one that does not have a direct object.

It has no direct object; it is absorbed back into the subject.

When used, these verbs change the case of the direct object to dative.

It cannot be continued with a direct object to be taken by "was hugged."

A further example is languages that can relativize only subjects and direct objects.

When the person is not a direct object of the verb, other cases are used:

The accusative case marks the direct object of a verb.

There is an accusative marker used on definite direct objects.

There were also several verbs that took direct objects in the dative.

They also mark the patient role (direct object) of verbs cast in the agent voice.