Direct objects in English grammar are words, phrases, and clauses that follow and receive the action of a transitive verb. The direct object answers the question "who or what?" receives the action of the verb.
Direct object is a grammatical function.
The grammatical forms that can function as the direct object in English grammar are noun phrases, prepositional phrases, verb phrases, and noun clauses.
Direct objects are constituents of the predicate.
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