In the sentence "Thomas built a fort in the yard," the word "yard" is the object of the preposition. The preposition in the phrase is "in," making "yard" the object that the preposition refers to.
In the sentence Thomas built a fort in the yard, the word yard is...
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the direct object
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the object of the preposition
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an action verb
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the subject
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