一位听众来信询问宾语从句的用法。要想掌握这个句型的用法，首先要明白什么是 “direct object（直接宾语）” 和 “indirect object（间接宾语）” ，因为宾语从句通常在句子中充当直接宾语，当然，也有充当间接宾语的宾语从句。本期节目介绍常见的三种宾语 ...

In English, our sentences usually operate using a similar pattern: subject, verb, then object. The nice part about this type of structure is that it lets your reader easily know who is doing the ...

When a sentence uses a transitive verb to describe an action, it’s necessary for the subject to take a direct object and to act on it: “The woman spurned her suitor last week.” “Her suitor found a ...

Indirect object pronouns close indirect object pronoun An indirect object pronoun replaces a noun that is the indirect object in a sentence, eg ‘I give an apple to the man’ becomes ‘I give him an ...