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4444mv Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Object Complement
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Is there any clue that may help us not confuse de Object Complement and with he Subject Complement?
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Is there any clue that may help us not confuse de Object Complement and with he Subject Complement?
Thanks
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Do you know the difference between the subject (of a verb), and the object (of a verb)? A subject complement refers to a subject, and an object complement refers to an object.
- Do you know the difference between the subject (of a verb), and the object (of a verb)?
- A subject complement refers to a subject, and an object complement refers to an object.
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Do you know the difference between the subject (of a verb), and the object (of a verb)?
A subject complement refers to a subject, and an object complement refers to an object.
A subject complement refers to a subject, and an object complement refers to an object.
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Yes, I know the difference, but sometimes with long sentences I get confussed.
For instance, in: I see a man enter her house almost every day when her husband is in his office.
Is the object complement 'enter her house almost every day when her husband is in his office', and within the whole clause,is 'when her husband is in his office every day'
For instance, in: I see a man enter her house almost every day when her husband is in his office.
Is the object complement 'enter her house almost every day when her husband is in his office', and within the whole clause,is 'when her husband is in his office every day'
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I see your confusion.
Read this page which describes an object complement and gives many examples.
http://www.grammar-monster.com/glossary/object_complement.htm
Read this page which describes an object complement and gives many examples.
http://www.grammar-monster.com/glossary/object_complement.htm
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4444mvObject Complement ... Subject ComplementThose are found with completely different kinds of verbs even though they are both usually nouns or adjectives.
Subject complements come after forms of linking verbs like be, feel, and seem.
A dog is an animal. (noun)
Janet is feeling sick tod
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When I click the link, it says that it has been disabled! I can´t open it.
Can you tell me from where to where is de OC in my example?
Thank you AlpheccaStars!
Can you tell me from where to where is de OC in my example?
Thank you AlpheccaStars!
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4444mv I see a man enter her house almost every dayThere is no subject complement or object complement here.
Verbs of perception, especially see and hear, take a catenative structure (two verbs chained together).
I see him enter her house.
Karen heard them knock on
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CalifJim 4444mvObject Complement ... Subject ComplementThose are found with completely different kinds of verbs even though they are both usually nouns or adjectives.Subject complements come after forms of linking verbs like be, feel, and seem.A dog is an animal. (noun)Janet is feeling sick today. (adjective)----------Object complements come after verbs like appoint, elect
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4444mvOh my ***!! I've been always taught it wrong!There may still be some very old textbooks out there claiming strange things about complements. Maybe that's where you got it from.
CJ
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CalifJimThere may still be some very old textbooks out there claiming strange things about complements.I think it may not only be very old textbooks that classify both examples like "I see a man entering ..." and "I see a man enter ..." as object complements.
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