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How to figure out what kind of complement it is?
How can I know whether it's subject or object complement? For example:
He leaves the court a free man (subject complement, because he is a free man).
He leaves him a free man (object complement, I ...
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To infinitive as object complement
i have a question concerning whether "to resist" in the sentence below is an object complement.
"He lacked the strength to resist"
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Grammar and role of the word "protected"
What is the role of the word "protected" in the following sentence?
She kept her money protected in a safe.
I mean, she is the sub., kept is the v. and ... so what about the word "...
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How to parse this sentence "I heard him drop his keys."
"I heard him drop his keys"
I = subject
heard = verb
"him drop his keys." = direct object.
But how can I understand 'drop his keys'?
"I heard him singing in the shower."
Here, "singing in the ...
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I prevented you from going there
I prevented you from going there.
What is the function of "from going there" ?
I think that it is an adverbial prepositional phrase because I have studied object complements and learned that ...
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Is the bold phrase an object complement?
I read the following paragraph from a book and I want to confirm whether the bold phrase is an object complement or a subject complement?
Then The New York Times wrote an absolute rave review of ...
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