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Each of the following sentences has either an indirect object followed by a direct object or a
direct object followed by an object complement. Label the objects and complements, using
these labels; IO, DO, OC. If an object or complement consists of more than one word, bracket
and label all of it. Example:
DO OC
Every man thinks his own geese swans.
2. God gives every bird its proper food, but all must fly for it. — Dutch proverb
Exercise master for The Bedford Handbook, 7th ed., by Diana Hacker (Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2006).