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Exactly. That’s what I was thinking, but sometimes people describe noun phrase complements as the complements of noun phrases, so I was making sure you were saying that.
Additionally, speaking to the complements, back to what you said about how relative clauses are modifiers, did you mean that they are always modifiers, or that they can function as complements and modifiers, depending on their situation? The reason I ask is that an English teacher friend of mine stated today that complementizers are essentially a new way to describe what was once relative pronouns and conjunctions. I had originally took your answer as saying that relative pronouns-and clause I guess-are never complements.
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allexkramer432 back to what you said about how relative clauses are modifiers, did you mean that they are always modifiers, or that they can function as complements and modifiers, depending on their situation? My understanding of it is that they are always modifiers, never complements. allexkramer432 an English teacher friend of mine stated today that complementizers are essentially a new way to describe what was once relative pronouns and conjunctions.
- allexkramer432 back to what you said about how relative clauses are modifiers, did you mean that they are always modifiers, or that they can function as complements and modifiers, depending on their situation?
- My understanding of it is that they are always modifiers, never complements.
- allexkramer432 an English teacher friend of mine stated today that complementizers are essentially a new way to describe what was once relative pronouns and conjunctions.
- No.
- Complementizers are words that turn clauses into complements.
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allexkramer432back to what you said about how relative clauses are modifiers, did you mean that they are always modifiers, or that they can function as complements and modifiers, depending on their situation?
My understanding of it is that they are always modifiers, never complements.
allexkramer432an English teacher friend of mi
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