Identify the underlined word as either a direct object or the object of a preposition.
1. I have a _job_....
A: direct object?
Correct.
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Do you also agree with my answer to the question I posted in the "One Ordinary Day, With Peanuts" by Shirley Jackson?
Yes. Of course I agree. I was the one who posted that answer.
Oh. I apologize. I didn't intend to take credit for the answer you provided for me. However, I didn't know, at the time, whether it was an answer or not.
To identify whether the underlined word is a direct object or the object of a preposition, you need to understand their functions in a sentence.
1. Direct object: A direct object receives the action of the verb directly. In this case, the verb is "have," and the direct object answers the question "what?" or "whom?" after the verb. For example, in the sentence "I have a job," the word "job" is the direct object because it directly receives the action of the verb "have."
2. Object of a preposition: An object of a preposition follows a preposition and helps to explain its relationship to the rest of the sentence. Prepositions are words like "in," "on," "under," etc. For example, if the sentence were "I work in a job," the word "job" would be the object of the preposition "in."
In this case, the underlined word "job" is a direct object because it directly receives the action of the verb "have."