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Tkacka15 Posted 7 years ago
Grammar
He came over as harsh
He came over as harsh.
Is as harsh a complement of over and over as harsh a complement of came in the sentence above?
If so, may I assume that as harsh is a verbless comparative clause completing the preposition "over"?
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come over as is an idiom or phrasal verb, a linking verb. The complement is harsh . I would analyze it as these linking verbs: He is harsh He became harsh.
- come over as is an idiom or phrasal verb, a linking verb.
- The complement is harsh .
- I would analyze it as these linking verbs: He is harsh He became harsh.
- He appeared harsh.
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come over as is an idiom or phrasal verb, a linking verb. The complement is harsh.
I would analyze it as these linking verbs:
He is harsh
He became harsh.
He appeared harsh.
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