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Par. 16-ix9.

OBJECT.

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(2) "I know that he was not guilty " ": I asked whether
he had arrived."
i6 Position of the Object.
The Object generally follows the Verb or Preposition, but not always. For example: —
I. When the object is an Interrogative or Relative Pronoun:(1) " Whom did you see? "
(2) " The house that I live in."
I7 II. When the Object is emphatic:(1) " Silver and gold have I none."
(2) "Not one word did he say."
(3) " Some he killed, others he took alive."
i8 III. In Poetry (514) -
"A monarch's sword when mad vain-glory draws.
19 Some Verbs have no Object.
Some Verbs denote (1) states, e.g., "be," "remain,"
" seem," " appear," and generally all forms of " be "
followed by the Verbal forms in -ed, -en, &c.; others
denote (2) actions not regarded as having an external
object, e.g., " run," " walk," &c.
These two classes of Verbs do not take a Grammatical Object. The former class suggests the
question " who? " not " whom? " e.g., " He seems
- "; " seems who or what? " Answer, " He seems a