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Inchoateknowledge Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

complement

I am glad to have met you.

why the noun clause is a adjective complement I do not know.

Is it not an causal adjunct, (an adverb)?

Adjuncts can be dropped, complements can not.

I am glad -- this sentence is fine, so the noun clause should not be called a complement.
  

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Isn't "to have met you" a noun phrase (an infinitive phrase)? A clause requires a finite verb, and an infinitive ("to have") is a nonfinite verb. Anyway, "to have met you" modifies the adjective "glad", so I guess it could be seen as a kind of adverb.

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  • Isn't "to have met you" a noun phrase (an infinitive phrase)?
  • A clause requires a finite verb, and an infinitive ("to have") is a nonfinite verb.
  • Anyway, "to have met you" modifies the adjective "glad", so I guess it could be seen as a kind of adverb.
  • Unfortunately, these grammatical terms can be really confusing.
  • " So, I guess the so-called "adjective complement" works the same way.
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Isn't "to have met you" a noun phrase (an infinitive phrase)? A clause requires a finite verb, and an infinitive ("to have") is a nonfinite verb.

Anyway, "to have met you" modifies the adjective "glad", so I guess it could be seen as a kind of adverb. Unfortunately, these grammatical terms can be really confusing. As Wikipedia points out
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I am glad to have met you.

Glad is an adjective word.

To have met you is an adverbial phrase that modifies glad.
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