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Victorycountry Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
Object complement
Hi,
As far as I understand, object complement can be a noun, an adjective or a clause.
Examples:
I think it funny. (adjective)
I think that it is funny (that-clause)
I call him Jim (noun)
Because I want to check whether I have understood this syntactically, I have made up some sentences.
Could someone check whether the following examples are correct please?
I think him a Maths teacher => I think that he is a Maths teacher
I know him a Maths teacher => I know that he is a Maths teacher.
I thought him a Maths teacher => I thought that he was a Maths teacher.
Thank you in advance.
As far as I understand, object complement can be a noun, an adjective or a clause.
Examples:
I think it funny. (adjective)
I think that it is funny (that-clause)
I call him Jim (noun)
Because I want to check whether I have understood this syntactically, I have made up some sentences.
Could someone check whether the following examples are correct please?
I think him a Maths teacher => I think that he is a Maths teacher
I know him a Maths teacher => I know that he is a Maths teacher.
I thought him a Maths teacher => I thought that he was a Maths teacher.
Thank you in advance.
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Which ones? The first part before the arrows?
- Which ones?
- The first part before the arrows?
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Hi victorycountry,
There are some grammaticals in your examples.
I think it'S funny or I think OF it AS BEING funny
I think OF him AS a math teacher
I know (ABOUT) him AS a math teacher
I thought OF him AS a math teacher
Yes, an object complement can be a noun, an adjective or a clause. It can also be a pronoun or a phrase.
There are some grammaticals in your examples.
I think it'S funny or I think OF it AS BEING funny
I think OF him AS a math teacher
I know (ABOUT) him AS a math teacher
I thought OF him AS a math teacher
Yes, an object complement can be a noun, an adjective or a clause. It can also be a pronoun or a phrase.
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Hello VC
I think you can leave out (to be) in the case of 'think' but not in 'know'.
(1) I think him to be a teacher -> (o) I think him a teacher.
(2) I know him to be a teacher -> (x) I know him a teacher.
paco
I think you can leave out (to be) in the case of 'think' but not in 'know'.
(1) I think him to be a teacher -> (o) I think him a teacher.
(2) I know him to be a teacher -> (x) I know him a teacher.
paco
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Hi, I was wondered whether they could be interchangeable.
I thought they might have the same meaning even though they are different syntactically.
One is in object complement whereas the other one is in that-clause.
I think him a Maths teacher (a Maths teacher modifies him as an object complement)
<=> I think that he is a Maths teacher (object as that-clause)
I thought they might have the same meaning even though they are different syntactically.
One is in object complement whereas the other one is in that-clause.
I think him a Maths teacher (a Maths teacher modifies him as an object complement)
<=> I think that he is a Maths teacher (object as that-clause)
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