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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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What part of speech is "John" in the following sentence? They call me John.
I'm actually trying work through the grammar in Greek, where case endings are used. ?e ???e John. My teacher contends that both "me" and "John" are direct objects and thus take the accusative. I suspect that there's something implied: They call me [as] John.
I'm actually trying work through the grammar in Greek, where case endings are used. ?e ???e John. My teacher contends that both "me" and "John" are direct objects and thus take the accusative. I suspect that there's something implied: They call me [as] John.
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This site would call 'John' an object complement. The verb CALL is the attributive ditransitive verb. ] take two objects: a direct object and an object complement .
- This site would call 'John' an object complement.
- The verb CALL is the attributive ditransitive verb.
- ] take two objects: a direct object and an object complement .
- For example: The committee named me the new president.
- The clown got the children too excited.
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This site would call 'John' an object complement. The verb CALL is
the attributive ditransitive verb. Attributive ditransitive verbs [...] take two objects: a direct object and an
the attributive ditransitive verb. Attributive ditransitive verbs [...] take two objects: a direct object and an
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