The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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Let it not be thought that we would counsel Miss Barrett, or any one else, to propose these works to themselves as direct objects of imitation.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 by Various
And if this be admitted, it is sufficient to establish the general principle, that one of the direct objects of evil in this world is to produce individual benefit.
From The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences by Edward Hitchcock
In these cases the direct objects of the verb, the things to be omitted are expressed.
From Lectures on Language As Particularly Connected with English Grammar. by William Stevens Balch
The direct objects are the protection of small nationalities, the destruction of a particularly offensive kind of militarism in Germany, the securing of respect for treaties, and the preservation of our own and European liberty.
From Armageddon—And After by W. L. (William Leonard) Courtney
The personal pronouns are not often used reflexively, however, when they are direct objects.
From An English Grammar by James Witt Sewell
