+427.+ Words used as objects of a verb are practically the same as those
which may be used for its subject.
+We may have a noun used as the object of the verb.+ For example:
Hail destroyed the _crops_.
The banks rob the _farmers_.
We must educate the _children_.
Labor produces all _wealth_.
In these sentences, _crops_, _farmers_, _children_ and _wealth_ are
nouns used as the object of the verb.
+A pronoun may also be used as the object of a verb.+ For example:
Will you not teach _me_?
Send _them_ to her.
They have invited _us_.
The comrades will remember _him_.
In the above sentences, _me_, _them_, _us_ and _him_ are the objects of
the verbs, _will teach_, _send_, _have invited_ and _will remember_.
Remember that in pronouns we have a different form for the object form,
as, _me_, _her_, _him_, _us_ and _them_.
+428.+ +An infinitive may also be used as the object of a verb+, thus:
I like _to study_.
He asked _to go_.
I want _to learn_ all that I can.
In this last sentence, the infinitive, _to learn_, is the direct object
of the verb _want_. The object of the infinitive, _to learn_, is _all
that I can_. All of this taken together with the verb _want_, forms the
complete predicate, _want to learn all that I can_.
+429.+ +The participle may also be used as the object of a verb+, thus:
We heard the _thundering_ of the cannon.
We enjoyed the _dancing_.
Do you hear the _singing_ of the birds?
In these sentences, the participles _thundering_, _dancing_, and
_singing_ are the objects of the verbs _heard_, _enjoyed_ and _do hear_.
+430.+ +An adjective used as a noun may also be used as the object of a
verb+, thus:
I saw the _rich_ and the _poor_ struggling together.
The struggle for existence crushes the _weak_.
Seek the _good_ and the _true_.
In these sentences the adjectives _rich_, _poor_, _weak_, _good_ and
_true_, are used as nouns and are the objects of the verbs _saw_,
_crushes_ and _seek_.