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Linguistic Definition of Object Complement

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Object complements in English grammar are words, phrases, and clauses that directly follow and describe the direct object.

Object complement is a grammatical function.

The grammatical forms that can function as the subject complement in English grammar are noun phrases, adjective phrases, prepositional phrases, verb phrases, and noun clauses.

Indirect objects are constituents of the predicate.

Sentences with indirect objects must also have direct objects.


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Last Edited on Jun 14 2009, 04:03 PM
 

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