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In the sentence "I'm studying to become a translator," what is the grammatical function of the word "translator?" Is it the object of the infinitive even though the infinitive to become comes from a linking verb?
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Anonymous Is it the object of the infinitive even though the infinitive to become comes from a linking verb? No. Because of the linking verb you are right to think that 'translator' can't be an object .
- Anonymous Is it the object of the infinitive even though the infinitive to become comes from a linking verb?
- No.
- Because of the linking verb you are right to think that 'translator' can't be an object .
- It's simply a complement of the verb 'become'.
- "Object" is a more specific kind of complement.
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AnonymousIs it the object of the infinitive even though the infinitive to become comes from a linking verb?No. Because of the linking verb you are right to think that 'translator' can't be an object. It's simply a complement of the verb 'become'. "Object" is a more specific kind of complement.
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