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Hanuman_2000 Posted 22 years ago
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Sentence
Sir,
'John saw Peter leave."
Here
John=subject
Saw=verb
Peter=Indirect object
leave=?
Thanks.
'John saw Peter leave."
Here
John=subject
Saw=verb
Peter=Indirect object
leave=?
Thanks.
Top answer
No, 'Peter' is the direct object, and 'leave' is a nonfinite object complement -- Greenbaum and Quirk, call this 'complex-transitive complementation' (direct object + bare infinitive clause).
- No, 'Peter' is the direct object, and 'leave' is a nonfinite object complement -- Greenbaum and Quirk, call this 'complex-transitive complementation' (direct object + bare infinitive clause).
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No, 'Peter' is the direct object, and 'leave' is a nonfinite object complement -- Greenbaum and Quirk, call this 'complex-transitive complementation' (direct object + bare infinitive clause).
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