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Indirect object
Is a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase that occurs in addition to a direct object after some verbs and indicates the person or thing that receives what is being given or done : the person or thing that the action of a verb is performed for or directed to. Eppler and Ozón (2013, p.161) noted that IO usually describes a recipient or beneficiary of the action denoted by the verb. IOs also share several characteristics with direct objects, such as being largely NPs, carrying object case if pronominal, and potentional for becoming the subject of a passive-voice sentence.' Indirect object is used only with ditransitive verbs which needs two objects or verb complements to define subject. Indirect objects are always followed by direct object. As Welsh (1889 p.38) mentioned in his book 'The indirect objects does not always name a person.' We can say, She gave her mother a kiss, She gave the dog his toy, or She gave the table a shove. In the first sentence indirect object refers to person, the second to animal and the third to a thing.