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Disabled_girl Posted 19 years ago
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writing their exam
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The professor whatched his students writing their exam. Is it correct to say that writing their exam is a object complement? Can a gerund phrase be an object complement???
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The professor whatched his students writing their exam. Is it correct to say that writing their exam is a object complement? Can a gerund phrase be an object complement???
Thanks for your help!
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"His students" is the direct object complement. You could rephrase the sentence as "he watched his students as they were writing their exam", so it's a kind of apposition to students
- "His students" is the direct object complement.
- You could rephrase the sentence as "he watched his students as they were writing their exam", so it's a kind of apposition to students
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"His students" is the direct object complement.
You could rephrase the sentence as "he watched his students as they were writing their exam", so it's a kind of apposition to students
You could rephrase the sentence as "he watched his students as they were writing their exam", so it's a kind of apposition to students
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I'm doing a take home exam, and this is a question :
The professor watched his student writing their exam.
This sentence demonstrate
a) a transitive pattern + object complement
b) a transitive pattern + indirect object
c) a transitive pattern with no other complement.
As i'm not sure as what is acting the grunf phrase here. Is it a object complement, as it does
The professor watched his student writing their exam.
This sentence demonstrate
a) a transitive pattern + object complement
b) a transitive pattern + indirect object
c) a transitive pattern with no other complement.
As i'm not sure as what is acting the grunf phrase here. Is it a object complement, as it does
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