Nancy,

I think I've missed some of this discussion.  You're right.  "It" is clearly DO.  "Sue" is IO.  I must have missed the posting where a different claim was made or implied.

Herb



Alright, forgive the ramblings of an 8th grade writing teacher, because now I'm confused.  If the sentence is "Jim threw it to Sue," (as the previous poster stated) I'm missing how the pronoun 'it' can be the indirect object.  As I see it, the pronoun 'it' is and can only be a direct object.  As I tell my 8th graders when we use graphic organizers to decipher all the pieces and parts that make up a sentence...

Who or what is the sentence about (simple subject)?     Jim
What did Jim do (verb)?              threw
Threw what (direct object)?       it--in this case there it not a known antecedent for 'it'


So, tell me again how 'it' is in any way, shape, or form a indirect object?


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