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Retained Object

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Noun

1. retained object

an object in a passive construction

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Retained Object

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noun
grammar
a direct or indirect object of a passive verb. The phrase the drawings in the sentence Harry was given the drawings is a retained object

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Retained Object

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Grammar
an object in a passive construction that is the same as the direct or indirect object in the corresponding active construction (Ex.: “money” in “He was given the money by me”)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Retained Object

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n.
An object in a passive construction that is identical to the object in the corresponding active construction, as story in Susan was told the story by John.

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