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Resha Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Object complement

They selected Ram for taking a quick decision.

in this sentence,can we say 'a quick decision' is a object complement,if not than why?
  

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The sentence is not natural. They asked Ram to make a quick decision . 'A quick decision' is a noun phrase object of the infinitive 'to make'.

— Mister Micawber

  • The sentence is not natural.
  • They asked Ram to make a quick decision .
  • 'A quick decision' is a noun phrase object of the infinitive 'to make'.
  • 'To make a quick decision' is a verb complement of the verb 'ask'.
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The sentence is not natural.

They asked Ram to make a quick decision.

'A quick decision' is a noun phrase object of the infinitive 'to make'.
'To make a quick decision' is a verb complement of the verb 'ask'.
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resha,can we say 'a quick decision' is a object complement
No, because it's in a prepositional phrase. If you want an object complement, try this:

They selected Ram the leader.

CJ
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