Subject: Ehud Verb: sent Direct Object: a message Indirect Object: to Eglon Modifier: with his sword In the above example, there are two objects: direct and indirect. Direct objects receive the action of the verb and indirect objects identify “to whom” or “for whom” the action is done. In English, the order of direct and indirect objects may vary within a clause. The above example could have been written as, “Ehud sent Eglon a message with his sword.” If the indirect object follows the direct object,