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10-May-2008, 16:47

donnach

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direct object

Is walking the direct object in this sentence:

I stopped walking yesterday.

I=subject
stopped=verb
walking=gerund serving as d.o.
yesterday=adverb modifying stopped

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Last edited by donnach; 10-May-2008 at 16:49. Reason: i made a boo boo

10-May-2008, 17:23

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Re: direct object

Yes.'WALKING' is object here.

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