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Subject -- Verb -- Direct Object The following table shows
more examples of this pattern Subject Verb Direct Object The tourists visited the old cathedral She sent a postcard The detectives examined
the scene of the crime 12.7 Realisations of the Direct Object The Direct Object is
most often realised by an NP, as in the examples above. However, this function can also be realised by a clause. The following table shows examples of clauses
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