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Adjunct

Hello! In the following sentence, "I want him to shoot"; is "to shoot" an adjunct?
  

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Anonymous Hello! In the following sentence, "I want him to shoot"; is "to shoot" an adjunct? No, it’s a complement.

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  • Anonymous Hello!
  • In the following sentence, "I want him to shoot"; is "to shoot" an adjunct?
  • No, it’s a complement.
  • Obligatory items are always complements.
  • Adjuncts are optional elements, but if you omit “to shoot”, you’d change the meaning of the sentence.
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Anonymous Hello! In the following sentence, "I want him to shoot"; is "to shoot" an adjunct?
No, it’s a complement. Obligatory items are always complements. Adjuncts are optional elements, but if you omit “to shoot”, you’d change the meaning of the sentence. It’s not “him” that you want, but “him to shoot”.

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