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Originally Posted by James If we can say that the sentence, "The police found him dead", is a SVOC (Subject Verb Object Adjectival complement). And if we want to say that the sentence, "He is upstairs", is a SVC (Subject Linking-Verb Adverbial complement), then we should be able to say that the sentence, "The police found him upstairs", is a SVOC (Subject Verb Object Adverbial complement). Or how about, "The police found him dead upstairs"? |
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The police found him (
dead) upstairs. SVO
C+adverb
He was
dead. SV
C
He was
upstairs. SV+
adjunct
Note, linking verbs do not have adverbial complements; they have adverbial adjuncts. The difference between a complement and an adjunct is that complements are part of the verb, whereas adjuncts are not. They function as added information.
He was upstairs = He exists. He exists upstairs. It's the existing and not he that happens upstairs.
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