In the sentence, "Cities offer people a wide variety of activities." what is "people"?
A predicate noun? A direct object? An indirect object?
2006-08-26 03:23:20 · 11 answers · asked by dbrickashaw 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Indirect object.
2006-08-26 03:27:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Take The Sentence:
Cities Offer People a wide variety of Activities'
In the given sentence: What is the Subject?: Cities
What is the Verb / predicate: Offer (transitive verb ---because it has objects)
Can you fix the Direct Object?
Yes, it is 'a wide range of activities'
Is there an Indirect Object in the Sentence?
Yes, there is one.
What is it?
'PEOPLE'
Why is it called indirect object?
Because it answers 'to who' / 'to whom'
Offer to whom? To the People. So it is known as INDIRECT OBJECT.
Answer: In the given sentence 'People' is an 'INDIECT OBJECT'.
Source: Sound Grammatical Knowledge & Memory.
2006-08-27 10:14:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the sentence, "Cities offer people a wide variety of activities." what is "people"?
Subject: Cities
Verb: offer
(To find the direct object, ask: What do cities offer?)
Direct object: Variety
(To find the indirect object, ask: to whom?)
Indirect object: People
2006-08-26 05:33:39 · answer #3 · answered by maî 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm gonna go with indirect object. Cities offer activities -- that makes activities the direct object. People, therefore, is the indirect object.
I am, however, willing to be wrong. It's only been, oh, forty years since I diagrammed a sentence.
2006-08-26 03:29:09 · answer #4 · answered by Z Town Mom 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Indirect object.
2006-08-26 07:09:03 · answer #5 · answered by Earthling 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Indirect object.
2006-08-26 04:38:10 · answer #6 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
'People' is an indirect object, because you are really saying offer TO people - i.e. you're not picking THEM up and offering them to someone.
2006-08-26 03:36:41 · answer #7 · answered by mad 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is a common noun .It means that the cities offer the people (means men,women etc.)variety of activities.
2006-08-26 04:16:25 · answer #8 · answered by Dhwani D 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the cities don't offer crap. the are not capable of it. however, people who run the businesses in a city can offer visitors or those who live there, a wide variety of activities. am i a smart ***? don't answer that.
2006-08-26 03:38:00 · answer #9 · answered by robyn 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
if i am nnot mistaken..it would be indirect object..i suppose activities would be the direct answer..sorry if i am wrong
2006-08-26 03:31:21 · answer #10 · answered by shahira 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋