Editing Object (grammar) (section)

==Types==

===English===
In English traditional grammar types, three types of object are acknowledged: ''direct objects'', ''indirect objects'', and ''objects of prepositions''. These object types are illustrated in the following table:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Type !! Example
|-
| Direct object || She sees ''the dog''
|-
| Indirect object || I gave  ''the man'' salt
|-
| Object of preposition || You fish ''for salmon''
|}

Indirect objects are frequently expressed as objects of prepositions, complicating the traditional typology; e.g. "I gave salt ''to the man''."

===Other languages===

Some [[Chinese language|Chinese]] verbs can have two direct objects, one being more closely bound to the verb than the other; these may be called [[Chinese grammar#Objects|"inner" and "outer" objects]].

[[Secundative language]]s lack a distinction between direct and indirect objects, but rather distinguish primary and secondary objects.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Klamer |first1=Marian |last2=Schapper |first2=Antoinette |date=2012 |title='Give' Constructions in the Papuan Languages of Timor -Alor-Pantar |journal=Linguistic Discovery |volume=10 |issue=3 |doi=10.1349/PS1.1537-0852.A.421 |doi-access=free}}</ref> Many African languages fall into this typological category.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Dryer |first=Matthew S. |date=December 1986 |title=Primary Objects, Secondary Objects, and Antidative |journal=Language |volume=62 |issue=4 |pages=808–845 |doi=10.2307/415173 |jstor=415173 }}</ref>