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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

"Have the lid on it."

"Have the lid on it."
(meaning "put the lid on it")

Here in the sentence 'on it' modifies the lid like the lid that is on it or 'on it' functions as an object complement like 'happy' in 'make her happy' I think that referring to meaning, 'on it' functions as an object complement. What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much as usual and have a good day.
  

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Anonymous Here in the sentence 'on it' modifies the lid like the lid that is on it Not unless the speaker is offering that lid to someone. No, you can't have the pot, but you can have the lid on it. Anonymous or 'on it' functions as an object complement like 'happy' in 'make her happy' I think that referring to meaning, 'on it' functions as an object complement.

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous Here in the sentence 'on it' modifies the lid like the lid that is on it Not unless the speaker is offering that lid to someone.
  • No, you can't have the pot, but you can have the lid on it.
  • Anonymous or 'on it' functions as an object complement like 'happy' in 'make her happy' I think that referring to meaning, 'on it' functions as an object complement.
  • It's similar to that, but I don't recall a case where a prepositional phrase is called an object complement.
  • It's just a prepositional phrase that goes with 'have' or 'keep' or 'put'.
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AnonymousHere in the sentence 'on it' modifies the lid like the lid that is on it
Not unless the speaker is offering that lid to someone.

No, you can't have the pot, but you can have the lid on it.
Anonymousor 'on it' functions as an object complement like 'happy' in 'make her happy' I think that referring to meaning, 'o
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