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Review: Parts of the Sentence, Answer 10.3

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Question:
The company has been mailing me CD catalogues ever since I bought my sound system.
Answer:
The answer direct object is not correct.
Explanation:
The pronoun me is an indirect object because it answers the question has been mailing to whom? Note that CD catalogues is the direct object—the thing that has been mailed—and me is the recipient of the direct object.


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