Two Objects?

Posted: 30 June 2009 05:01 PM

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I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life

The quoted sentence looks like having two objects.

I (S) had (V) no idea (O) what I wanted to do with my life (O?)

Anything missing or something else?

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Posted: 30 June 2009 07:15 PM

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I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life

I think this is subject - verb - direct object - object complement.

“what i wanted to to do with my life” clarifies or redefines the “idea”

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Posted: 01 July 2009 09:40 AM

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I agree with saparris. (There is an implied “of” after “idea”.)

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Posted: 03 July 2009 11:56 AM

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