Object predicative
"Notice how the sentence He made me a cup of tea. is different from He made me a legend in my own lifetime. In this last sentence, the https://www.thoughtco.com/noun-phrase-or-np-1691441 a legend in my own lifetime refers to me. Me is an https://www.thoughtco.com/object-in-grammar-1691445 but a legend in my own lifetime says something about the object and so it is called an object predicative (oP)."
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Is "predicative" a noun and head in the NP "an object predicative"?
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anonymous Is "predicative" a noun and head in the NP "an object predicative"? Yes. (I'm more familiar with the term "an object complement" than with "an object predicative".
- anonymous Is "predicative" a noun and head in the NP "an object predicative"?
- Yes.
- (I'm more familiar with the term "an object complement" than with "an object predicative".
- ) CJ
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anonymousIs "predicative" a noun and head in the NP "an object predicative"?
Yes.
(I'm more familiar with the term "an object complement" than with "an object predicative". Terminology differs from one methodology to another.)
CJ
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