Question

In the sentence He planted seeds in the ground, the word ground is...
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the object of the preposition
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an action verb
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the direct object
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the subject
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Answer 1

In the sentence "He planted seeds in the ground," the word "ground" is **the object of the preposition**. The preposition "in" introduces the prepositional phrase "in the ground," where "ground" is the object of the preposition "in."