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Qingqing Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Is it a sentence which includes object complement?

Is it a sentence which includes object complement?

Companies spend a large amount of money (in) employing advertisers.

Is "(in) employing advertisers" an object complement or an adverbial?

Thanks.
  

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"(in) employing advertisers" is an adverbial (of manner). It tells how the money is spent. Within the advervial "advertisers" is an object complement of the verb "employ", of course.

— CalifJim

  • "(in) employing advertisers" is an adverbial (of manner).
  • It tells how the money is spent.
  • Within the advervial "advertisers" is an object complement of the verb "employ", of course.
  • In the main clause "a large amount of money" is an object complement.
  • CJ
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"(in) employing advertisers" is an adverbial (of manner). It tells how the money is spent.
Within the advervial "advertisers" is an object complement of the verb "employ", of course.
In the main clause "a large amount of money" is an object complement.

CJ
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Hi CJ

I'm afraid you used the term "object complement" in a way different than the way we learners use it in. In CGEL by R.Quirk, "object complement" is any word/phrase (either a noun or an adjective) that qualifies the object. According to the CGEL's definition, "rather expensive" in "We consider Quirk's CGEL rather expensive" is an object complement.

paco
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Ah, yes. I see what you mean, Paco. I was thinking of an object which is a complement to a verb.
Thanks!

qingqing,
Please ignore that post. It seems I had the wrong end of the stick.

Jim
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So, both "a large amount of money" and "advertisers" are objects.

Thank you, Jim.
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