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Ritthy Posted 19 years ago
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please help explian me about objective complement
Dear everybody!
I am wondering about objective complement
As we have known objective complement functions as adjective and noun. Anyway, infinitive founctions as adjective, noun and adverb, so when infinitive roles play as objective complement whether it is a adjective or noun.
Example: I tell him to go home.
to go home is an objective complement, right?, so if it is noun or adjective.
Please help - thank you very much!
I am wondering about objective complement
As we have known objective complement functions as adjective and noun. Anyway, infinitive founctions as adjective, noun and adverb, so when infinitive roles play as objective complement whether it is a adjective or noun.
Example: I tell him to go home.
to go home is an objective complement, right?, so if it is noun or adjective.
Please help - thank you very much!
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66) as the clausal direct object of ' tell ', with ' him ' the indirect object. That makes it a noun. I tell him something .
- 66) as the clausal direct object of ' tell ', with ' him ' the indirect object.
- That makes it a noun.
- I tell him something .
- What do you tell him?
- I tell him to go home .
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'To go home' is considered by Quirk et al (A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language, 16.66) as the clausal direct object of 'tell', with 'him' the indirect object. That makes it a noun. I tell him something. What do you tell him? I tell him to go home.
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