23-Nov-2005, 02:07
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 Re: retained object
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Originally Posted by tdol It's an object that is used in both the active and passive sentence:
I sent them an answer.
They were sent an answer.
'Answer' is a retained object- it is the object in the passive sentence, so where we have ditransitive verbs, one will become the subject of he passive sentence and the other will be the retained object.  | thanks dear tdol;
so would you please tell me what is the difference between direct , indirect and retained object
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