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Remember:

	Direct objects are the receivers of the action of the action verbs.
	Direct objects are nouns or pronouns or noun phrases.
	Direct objects answer who or what after the action verb.
	Indirect objects precede direct objects and answer “to or for whom” after the action verb.
	If there is no action verb, there is no direct or indirect object.
	In order for a sentence to have an indirect object, the sentence must have a direct object. If there is no direct object, there is no indirect object.
	Sentences do not have to have direct or indirect objects. However, all sentences must have subjects and verbs.

Poverty-stricken laborers often suffer malnourishment from birth.
In Brazil’s Northeast a poor diet of manioc flour, rice, and beans has given many workers minimal chances for normal lives.
Malnourishment produces retarded mental development, and some Brazilian laborers have brain capacities that are 40 percent less than average.
Diets drastically low in protein give adults far less than average heights as recorded by the World Health Organization.
Pediatric experts have told the Ministry of Health the grim news that more than 40 percent of the children in Northeast Brazil are born malnourished.