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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Deem

"Trump’s administration has pledged to pursue a temporary ban on migration from regions he deems exporters of terrorism and where even his “extreme vetting” will not be sufficient." (The Guardian.)

Is "regions" a direct object of the verb "deems" and "exporters of terrorism" an object complement in the above?
  

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Anonymous Is "regions" a direct object of the verb "deems" and "exporters of terrorism" an object complement in the above? No, not grammatically, though it is conceptually. The two phrases are in different clauses.

— Mister Micawber

  • Anonymous Is "regions" a direct object of the verb "deems" and "exporters of terrorism" an object complement in the above?
  • No, not grammatically, though it is conceptually.
  • The two phrases are in different clauses.
  • from regions [that] he deems exporters of terrorism...
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AnonymousIs "regions" a direct object of the verb "deems" and "exporters of terrorism" an object complement in the above?
No, not grammatically, though it is conceptually. The two phrases are in different clauses.

...from regions [that] he deems exporters of terrorism...
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Thank you, MM, for the reply.
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