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In grammar, an object complement is a predicative expression that follows a direct object of an attributive ditransitive or resultative verb and that complements the direct object of the sentence by describing it.[1][2][3] Object complements are constituents of the predicate. Noun phrases and adjective phrases most frequently function as object complements.[4]

Examples

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The object complement is bold in the following examples:

  • She painted the barn red. – Adjective as object complement

Here, painted is an attributive ditransitive verb. The direct object is the barn. The object complement construction allows for the combination of the sentences She painted the barn and The barn was painted red.

  • He considers you a friend. – Noun phrase as object complement

Here, considers is an attributive ditransitive verb. The direct object is you. The object complement construction allows for the combination of the sentences He considers you and You are a friend.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Brinton, Laurel J. & Donna M. Brinton. 2010. The linguistic structure of Modern English, 2nd edn. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company.
  2. ^ Hopper, Paul J. 1999. A short course in grammar. New York: W. W. Norton & Company.
  3. ^ Huddleston, Rodney. 1984. Introduction to the grammar of English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  4. ^ Quirk, Randolph, Sidney Greenbaum, Jan Svartvik, & Geoffrey Leech. 1985. A comprehensive grammar of the English language. London: Longman.

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Complement (linguistics)

non-theoretical grammars, the terms subject complement (also called a predicative of the subject) and object complement are employed to denote the predicative

Object (grammar)

In linguistics, an object is any of several types of arguments. In subject-prominent, nominative-accusative languages such as English, a transitive verb

Complement

linking verb Object complement, a word or phrase adding to the direct object of a verb phrase. Complementary distribution Phonetic complement Complementary

Predicative expression

linking verb, e.g. be, seem, appear, or that appears as a second complement (object complement) of a certain type of verb, e.g. call, make, name, etc. The

English prepositions

though, take various complements, including object, goal complement, predicative complement, and no complement at all, in the case of an intransitive verb

Complementizer

turn a clause into the subject or object of a sentence. For example, the word that may be called a complementizer in English sentences like Mary believes

Infinitive

special constructions. Being a verb, an infinitive may take objects and other complements and modifiers to form a verb phrase (called an infinitive phrase)

Adposition

etc. The complement is sometimes called the object of the adposition. The resulting phrase, formed by the adposition together with its complement, is called