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Review: Parts of the Sentence, Answer 4.5

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Question:
The alumni association gave the university a large endowment for the scholarship fund.
Answer:
The answer subject complement is not correct.
Explanation:
University is an indirect object because it answers the question gave to what? Note that a large endowment is the direct object—the thing that was given—and the university is the recipient of the direct object.