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OBJECT.

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Charge after charge was made by the Persians, but to no
purpose. The Persians were slain in hundreds, but the
Greeks were neither taken nor driven back. That the
Persians were no match for the Greeks was made evident
even to the proud King Xerxes; and, when the sun set,
he retired to his tent in great sorrow.
12 The Object.
Supply what is wanting to complete the sense
after the following Verbs and Prepositions: —
1. The grey-hound killed -. 2. I am travelling
towards-. 3. The woodman felled-. 4. The
soldier shot -. 5. We wish for —. 6. We
desire-. 7. I look for-. 8. John is seeking
-. 9. I come to-. 10. They reach-. 11.
The cart-wheel ran over-. 12. I am thinking
about-. 13. I am living in-.
The best way to supply what is wanting is to
repeat the Verb or Preposition, and ask whom?
or what? (not before the Verb, as when you were
finding the Subject, but) after the Verb.
For example, " Killed what?" Answer: " A
hare." "Towards what?" Answer: " Paris."
Now "hare" is called the Object of the Verb
"killed," and " Paris" the Object of the Preposition
"towards."
13 " Object" means "put in the way." Just as a target is put
in the way of the marksman, and is called the object at
which he sloots, so the word or group of words answering to the question whom? or what? after a Verb or