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Soufia Hern Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Object or adverb

[(Some people) (regard (double-barreled names) (as a form of snobbery))]. So (as a firm of snobbery ) is an adverb or indirect object. 
Some people. Subject 
regard. Verb 
double barreled names . Direct object
  

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"As a form of snobbery" is an object complement. We elected him president. "President" is an object complement.

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  • "As a form of snobbery" is an object complement.
  • We elected him president.
  • "President" is an object complement.
  • " They saw him as a villain.
  • Comp.
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"As a form of snobbery" is an object complement.

We elected him president.

"President" is an object complement. Sometimes the object complement is introduced with "as."

They saw him as a villain. S V DO Obj.Comp.
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Thank you. I still have a problem with making a distinction between the two. Is there any trick to recognize them ?
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