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The advertisement was a want-ad about cooks.
Is "want-ad" a subject, direct object, indirect object, predicate nominative, or the object of a proposition.
Answer: direct object
Explanation:
Direct objects are nouns or pronouns that receive the action taking place in the sentence. In reference to the verb o the sentence, the direct object answers the following questions: what? or whom?
On the other hand, the indirect object is a noun or pronoun that is being affected by the action. It´s someone or something that receives the direct object.
