羡鱼-Xianyu;589589 said:Let me walk with you part of the way.
Hello teachers,
Is the blue part an objective complement or an adverbial to the entire sentence?
Regards
羡鱼-Xianyu;589589 said:Let me walk with you part of the way.
Hello teachers,
Is the blue part an objective complement or an adverbial to the entire sentence?
Regards
羡鱼-Xianyu;590124 said:> "I'd like you to meet"
> "I want him to know"
> "my mother didn't want me to go out"
> "do you wish me to ring you back?"
> "he wanted us to go together"
羡鱼-Xianyu;590124 said:Hello, corum and Theparser. I'm really grateful for your replies.
I did a search in the internet and I found out some definitions about 'object complement'.
Here it is: An object complement is an noun, pronoun, or adjective which follows a direct object and renames it or tells what the direct object has become. It is most often used with verbs of creating or nominating such as make, name, elect, paint, call, etc.
e.g. He painted the door red. (i.e The door has become red.)
Everybody calls me Xianyu. (i.e. me (I'm) Xianyu.)
So according to this grammar rule, 'part of the way' is not definately an object complement, because it is not impossible for YOU to become 'part of the way'.
However, I'm still confused about whether infinitive can be an object complement?
I quoted these following from my English dictionary:
> "I'd like you to meet"
> "I want him to know"
> "my mother didn't want me to go out"
> "do you wish me to ring you back?"
> "he wanted us to go together"
Are these infinitives object complements? If not, what on earth they should be?:-?
Looking forward to everybody's reply. Thanks again.
1. Semantic test.
I'd like you to meet.
What does this sentence mean? Is it you who I would like? Not really, no! It is the fulfillment of the proposition, that I am eagerly awaiting. Wait a minute. This sentence is short of an argument.
I'd like you to meet (X).
This sentence needs an object after 'meet'..
To TheParser,I will leave it up to the experts to answer your question more fully. Thanks for the question. In trying to answer, it was I who learned more about my native language. !
***** NOT A TEACHER *****
Good morning, Xianyu,
(1) Hopefully, others will contribute their thoughts.
(2) I found this in a "younger" book (1954) titled Understanding Grammar by Professor Paul Roberts, Cornell University.
(3) He analyzes this sentence: We thought him to be a fool.
(a) "him" = subject of "to be"
(b) "fool" = complement of "to be"
(c) "him to be a fool" = object of thought.
*** OR ***
(a) "him" = direct object of "thought"
(b)"to be a fool" = objective complement.
(4) The professor writes that since an object and objective complement form a UNIT, it might be more "realistic" to consider an infinitive phrase as a direct object.
Have a nice day!