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**** but it also has a recipient of the action, thus "to the boy"
**** but it also has a recipient of the action, thus "to the boy"


=== multiple subjects, verbs & objects ===
=== lists of subjects & objects ===
* sentences may have multiple subjects, verbs and objects
* sentences may have multiple subjects and objects (and verbs)
* ex. "The man, his son and his daughter looked around, compared, and bought new shoes, shirts and hats."
* ex. "The man, his son and his daughter looked around, compared, and bought new shoes, shirts and hats."
** secondary verbs may follow the objects of prior verbs, as in:
** secondary verbs may follow the objects of prior verbs, as in: