“For me” is not an indirect
object. Linking verbs don’t have/take indirect objects.
“For me” is an adverbial prepositional
phrase.
It would go under the verb in a diagram.
From:
Sent: Tuesday,
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: This is difficult for
me
Also, "for me" is a prepositional phrase acting as an
indirect object (for whom is it difficult?). Most indirect objects go
underneath the verb, or at least I'm fairly certain they do. I can't diagram it
in an email, but the basic structure of the sentence would be "it is
difficult" as Subject-Linking Verb-Predicate Adjective with "for
me" acting as Indirect Object stuck on a line underneath "is."
In Latin, the dative case acts as the indirect object and always uses either "to"
or "for" before the following noun, pronoun, or phrase.
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