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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

object complements

Dear all,
I am a bit confused about the object complements

I know that OC describes the DO for example:
He makes me crazy
This high-heeled shoes makes my feet hurt
Indonesian elected Jokowi president

But what about this sentence
You make me feel good
You is a subject
Make is a verb
Me here is a direct object
And if it is "you make me good" I will easily answer good as an OC. But in this sentence it's FEEL GOOD.

So what is FEEL GOOD here? Can it be said "object complement"? In the form of what? Because I read that the oc usually in the forms of noun phrase, adjective phrase, noun clause and etc.
Pls I need your help

Thank you very much.
  

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Anonymous So what is FEEL GOOD here? Can it be said "object complement"? Yes.

— Mister Micawber

  • Anonymous So what is FEEL GOOD here?
  • Can it be said "object complement"?
  • Yes.
  • 'Make (someone) do' is a coercive verb formation (as are 'let/have (someone) do').
  • It is classified in Quirk as 'object + bare infinitive complementation'.
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AnonymousSo what is FEEL GOOD here? Can it be said "object complement"?
Yes. 'Make (someone) do' is a coercive verb formation (as are 'let/have (someone) do'). It is classified in Quirk as 'object + bare infinitive complementation'.
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