For most of us, the word graph brings back memories (not always pleasant) of pencils and rulers and quadrille ruled paper, though a more recent generation may think instead of pie and bar charts ...

Like the subject, the object is usually a noun (‘the piano’) or a noun phrase, (‘the big, black grand piano’). Verbs that take objects describe some kind of action rather than a state of being.

Ajay plays the big, black grand piano. Teagan watches television. Some verbs do not need an object to make sense. These either: Work alone, as in, ‘Connor screamed.’ Describes a ‘state’ as in, ‘Maire ...