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Hoony Posted 7 years ago
Grammar
Pull it open ?
He took a deep breath to gather his courage, then pulled it open
Pulled (verb) + it (object) + open (object complement)
I want to know if 'open' is an adjective or an intransitive verb because both adjective and intransitive verb can be object complement.
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He took a deep breath to gather his courage, then pulled it open. "Open" is an adjecti ve, here serving as objective predicative complement . Note that only NPs and AdjPs can be object complements, but not verbs.
- He took a deep breath to gather his courage, then pulled it open.
- "Open" is an adjecti ve, here serving as objective predicative complement .
- Note that only NPs and AdjPs can be object complements, but not verbs.
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He took a deep breath to gather his courage, then pulled it open.
"Open" is an adjective, here serving as objective predicative complement.
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