retained object

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Hi everybody,

Would you please explain “retained object” for me?

Thank you all

[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.

[1364]

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
thanks again

[Tdol]

The active sentence has a direct and an indiect object. The indirect object normally becomes the subject of the passive sentence.

[1364]

The active sentence has a direct and an indiect object. The indirect object normally becomes the subject of the passive sentence.

thanks a million