What is the function of the underlined word (andy) in the following sentence? my dog duncan protected "andy" from the bully.

1. subject
2. predicate noun
3. indirect object
4. direct object

The correct answer is option 4. Direct Object.

Explanation:

In a sentence, the direct object is the complement that directly receives the action of the verb. It can be a noun or a noun phrase.

The subject is the one who performs the action, in this case: Duncan, and the action, that is to protect, is being carried out towards Andy, therefore Andy will be the direct object of our sentece.

industrialization in great britain began with the global 'industrial revolution', a pioneer. industrialization in russia was the last in europe, a laggard.

great britain’s industrialization was driven by individual citizens, while russia’s was guided by the government.

a complex sentence consists of an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.  

to write complex sentences, we must use subordinating conjunctions.  

all the complex sentences begin with a subordinating conjunction and when it occurs, a comma must be place at the end of the dependent clause. on the contrary, if the sentence begins with an independent clause, then no comma is used.

after  

although  

as  

because  

before  

if  

since  

when  

for example,  

after she won the competition, she became very popular.  

although my father was hurt, he continued fighting for his rights.  

as all of you got a ten, you will be able to leave early today.  

before he went to the war, he asked his parents to bless him.  

if it is cold, i won’t go out.  

since you didn’t bring the homework, you will get low grades.  

when it is hot in the town, everyone goes to the beach.