Can you provide the sentences you would like me to evaluate for the function of the underlined objective complement?
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The primary objective complement of a sentence can not be found in a prepositional phrase, but a prepositional phrase can be included in a phrase that is part of the total objective complement. For example, "John was totally lacking in judgement". The principal part of the objective complement is "lacking", but the complete objective complement is "totally lacking in judgement", which includes the prepositional phrase "in judgement".
An objective nominative is a noun or pronoun that appears in a sentence as a complement to a direct object, linking verb, or a verb of incomplete predication. It helps to rename or further describe the subject of the sentence.
An objective complement is a noun or an adjective phrase that is used to further clarify some object in a sentence. It describes or renames. It is used to provide finishing information to either the direct object or the object of the preposition.
[The objective complement is in boldface type] "The trial ended because the defendant was adjudged insane." "In 1796, John Adams was elected President of the United States."An objective complement is a noun or an adjective phrase that is used to further clarify some object in a sentence. It describes or renames. It is used to provide finishing information to either the direct object or the object of the preposition.
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objective complement
him= direct object president= objective complement
The primary objective complement of a sentence can not be found in a prepositional phrase, but a prepositional phrase can be included in a phrase that is part of the total objective complement. For example, "John was totally lacking in judgement". The principal part of the objective complement is "lacking", but the complete objective complement is "totally lacking in judgement", which includes the prepositional phrase "in judgement".
predicate adjectives
The function of subjective complements is to follow the linking verb with a predictive expression. It also works to complement the subject of the sentence.
obj. complement
An objective nominative is a noun or pronoun that appears in a sentence as a complement to a direct object, linking verb, or a verb of incomplete predication. It helps to rename or further describe the subject of the sentence.
Predicate adjective
An objective complement is a noun or an adjective phrase that is used to further clarify some object in a sentence. It describes or renames. It is used to provide finishing information to either the direct object or the object of the preposition.
[The objective complement is in boldface type] "The trial ended because the defendant was adjudged insane." "In 1796, John Adams was elected President of the United States."An objective complement is a noun or an adjective phrase that is used to further clarify some object in a sentence. It describes or renames. It is used to provide finishing information to either the direct object or the object of the preposition.
Pronouns in the objective case can function as direct objects, indirect objects, and objects of prepositions in a sentence.