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Anonymous Posted 5 years ago
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He ended up the winner

In spite of people's opinions, he ended up the winner.

Is the winner a direct object of the idiomatic verb ended up or is it a predicative complement subject-oriented?

  

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anonymous Is the winner a direct object No. 'ended up' is grammatically equivalent to 'was', a linking verb, so 'the winner' is a subject complement. CJ

— CalifJim

  • anonymous Is the winner a direct object No.
  • 'ended up' is grammatically equivalent to 'was', a linking verb, so 'the winner' is a subject complement.
  • CJ
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anonymousIs the winner a direct object

No. 'ended up' is grammatically equivalent to 'was', a linking verb, so 'the winner' is a subject complement.

CJ

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