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This document discusses direct objects, indirect objects, and predicate nominatives. It provides examples of sentences containing direct objects that answer whom or what after the verb. Indirect objects receive the action of the verb and come before the direct object. Linking verbs connect the subject to another word in the predicate and common linking verbs include forms of be, seem, become, and feel.
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Direct and indirect objects
This document defines and provides examples of direct and indirect objects in sentences. A direct object answers the question "what?" or "whom?" and receives the action of the verb, while an indirect object answers "to whom?" or "for whom?" and indicates the recipient of the direct object. Several examples are given of sentences containing direct and/or indirect objects to illustrate these grammatical concepts.
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Mike Del Balso, CEO & Co-Founder at Tecton, presents "Full RAG," a novel approach to AI recommendation systems, aiming to push beyond the limitations of traditional models through a deep integration of contextual insights and real-time data, leveraging the Retrieval-Augmented Generation architecture. This talk will outline Full RAG's potential to significantly enhance personalization, address engineering challenges such as data management and model training, and introduce data enrichment with reranking as a key solution. Attendees will gain crucial insights into the importance of hyperpersonalization in AI, the capabilities of Full RAG for advanced personalization, and strategies for managing complex data integrations for deploying cutting-edge AI solutions.
TrustArc Webinar - 2024 Global Privacy Survey
How does your privacy program stack up against your peers? What challenges are privacy teams tackling and prioritizing in 2024?
In the fifth annual Global Privacy Benchmarks Survey, we asked over 1,800 global privacy professionals and business executives to share their perspectives on the current state of privacy inside and outside of their organizations. This year’s report focused on emerging areas of importance for privacy and compliance professionals, including considerations and implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, building brand trust, and different approaches for achieving higher privacy competence scores.
See how organizational priorities and strategic approaches to data security and privacy are evolving around the globe.
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Programming Foundation Models with DSPy - Meetup Slides
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Partecipate alla presentazione per immergervi in una storia di interoperabilità, standard e formati aperti, per poi discutere del ruolo importante che i contributori hanno in una comunità open source sostenibile.
BIO: Sostenitrice del software libero e dei formati standard e aperti. È stata un membro attivo dei progetti Fedora e openSUSE e ha co-fondato l'Associazione LibreItalia dove è stata coinvolta in diversi eventi, migrazioni e formazione relativi a LibreOffice. In precedenza ha lavorato a migrazioni e corsi di formazione su LibreOffice per diverse amministrazioni pubbliche e privati. Da gennaio 2020 lavora in SUSE come Software Release Engineer per Uyuni e SUSE Manager e quando non segue la sua passione per i computer e per Geeko coltiva la sua curiosità per l'astronomia (da cui deriva il suo nickname deneb_alpha).
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Direct and indirect objects
- 1. Direct and Indirect Objects
- 2. • To begin, what is an action verb? • Many action verbs have words that receive the actions. These are called DIRECT OBJECTS. • *** It answers whom? Or what? After the verb
- 3. Look at these examples. • A doctor treats his patients. • An author writes books. • People learn different skills. • We heard a speech on careers.
- 4. • Work page 123 #21- 25 together • Homework: page 31 in workbook
- 5. Friday • Maria played the drum. • Rico grabbed his guitar. • Kim baked several pies. • Ms. Ross ran many miles.
- 6. • Edith met Carol after class. • Lucy helped her during the program. • The girls led the meeting. • She learned a lesson in safety.
- 7. Indirect Objects • Helen threw Jane slow curve balls for the first time. • The business sent her the necessary information. • History has given us an idea of Roman history.
- 8. Predicate Nominatives • Before we begin, let’s think back to what we remember about linking verbs. • What are linking verbs? • What are common linking verbs? • What are the 8 being verbs?
- 9. Linking Verbs • Linking verbs do not express mental or physical action. It connects the subject with a word in the predicate. • Common linking verbs are taste, feel, smell, sound, look, appear, become, seem, grow, remain, and stay. • The 8 being verbs are am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been.
- 10. Action vs. Linking • Amy looked through the telescope. • Amy looked pale. • We all felt the rough bark of the tree. • We all felt excited before the experiment. • Mother sounded the bell for dinner. • Mother sounded pleased by the news.