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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
He shot the robber [dead]
He shot the robber dead.
I'd like to know if "dead" modifies "the robber," and the sentence means "He shot the robber and he was dead.
Thank you in advance for your help.
I'd like to know if "dead" modifies "the robber," and the sentence means "He shot the robber and he was dead.
Thank you in advance for your help.
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park sang joon I'd like to know if "dead" modifies "the robber," It’s an objective predicative complement, like in I consider it a lost cause , You’re driving me nuts , etc. So syntactically it’s a complement of the verb but semantically it relates to the object. park sang joon and the sentence means "He shot the robber and he was dead.
- park sang joon I'd like to know if "dead" modifies "the robber," It’s an objective predicative complement, like in I consider it a lost cause , You’re driving me nuts , etc.
- So syntactically it’s a complement of the verb but semantically it relates to the object.
- park sang joon and the sentence means "He shot the robber and he was dead.
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park sang joonI'd like to know if "dead" modifies "the robber,"It’s an objective predicative complement, like in I consider it a lost cause, You’re driving me nuts, etc. So syntactically it’s a complement of the verb but semantically it relates to the object.
park sang joonand the sentence means "He shot the robber
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