Modifier or complement?
Are the Non-finite verbs (snore, leave, run) in these sentences modifiers or object complements of the direct objects?
”I heard her snore.” (Non-possessive)
“I let her leave the house.”
”i saw her run.”
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anonymous Are the n on-finite verbs (snore, leave, run) in these sentences modifiers or object complements of the direct objects? ” Neither. They are parts of catenative constuctions, and thus parts of clausal complements.
- anonymous Are the n on-finite verbs (snore, leave, run) in these sentences modifiers or object complements of the direct objects?
- ” Neither.
- They are parts of catenative constuctions, and thus parts of clausal complements.
- I heard [her snore] cmp I let [her leave the house] cmp I saw [her run] cmp 'her' is both the object of the verb and the subject of the complement clause.
- Subjects of the complement clause in many of these catenative constructions are in the object case.
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anonymousAre the non-finite verbs (snore, leave, run) in these sentences modifiers or object complements of the direct objects?
”I heard her snore.” (Non-possessive)
“I let her leave the house.”
”I saw her run.”
Neither. They are parts of catenative constuction
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