ABSTRACT
There are two kinds of objects, the direct (DO) and the indirect (IO). The direct object is semantically directly ‘affected’ by the action denoted in the clause or sentence; the indirect object (optional) refers to the (commonly human) ‘beneficiary’ or ‘recipient’ of the process described. For example: She gave him (IO) a big hug (DO). As this example shows, IO normally precedes DO.
