The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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It became evident to the Rebels that we had two direct objects in view: the severing of their railway, and the occupation of the "Five Forks."
From Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War by George Alfred Townsend
The personal pronouns are not often used reflexively, however, when they are direct objects.
From An English Grammar by James Witt Sewell
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
Quotations grammatically in apposition or the direct objects of verbs are preceded by a comma and enclosed in quotation marks.
From A Foreword to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition by Juliet Helena Lumbard James
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
