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Park sang joon Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

The non-linking verbs taking a complement

See the below sentences consisting of non-linking verbs and complements

1) Genetic change may cause a child to be born defective. [state]
2) Men are created equal. [state]
3) The ground was frozen hard. [consequence]
4) The day broke cloudy. [state]
5) The dog burned dead. [consequence]
6) The door was painted white. [consequence]
7) You're a big boy now. Act your age. [state]
8) He came unannounced [state]
9) I stopped running out of breath [state]
10) A door banged open and slammed shut [simultaneous motion]
11) The old man sat surrounded by the children [state]
12) Please, do the shopping weighing value [simultaneous motion]
13) He is typing wearing his glasses [state]
14) For example, in Anthony, New Mexico, volunteers built a Women' Cultural Center using old tires packed with dirt [method]
15) You've heard us say that if at age 20, you put aside $100 a month earning 8 percent interest, you'd have $525,454 at retirement. [method]
16) I saw a snake lie down on the roadside before my home dying. [state]

My questions:
1. I'd like to know my guess is right about the roles of those complements.
2. I'd like to know there are certain kinds of non-liking verbs to take a complements.

In advance, thank you for your help.
  
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