Complement vs object

[olegv]

Please explain me why a phrase "to keep up their standard of living" is complement of a sentence. Am I correct saying that "their standrad of living" would be seen as the object of the phrasal verb "to keep up"?

Would you please also explain me why "make a nice change" is the complement (rather than object) in the sentece: "A quiet afternoon at home would make a nice change" Thank you very much

 

[Bamako2]

Please explain me why a phrase "to keep up their standard of living" is complement of a sentence.

A lot depends on which sentence, Oleg!

To keep up their standard of living is important for them.

Here, the part in bold is the subject, for example. Depending on the syntactic arrangement, this phrase can be many things.

Am I correct saying that "their standrad of living" would be seen as the object of the phrasal verb "to keep up"?

Pravilna! :up:

Would you please also explain me why "make a nice change" is the complement (rather than object) in the sentece: "A quiet afternoon at home would make a nice change" Thank you very much

In this sentence, "be" can stand proxy for "make". This alone motivates me to think of "make" as being part of a copulative construction (SVC) as opposed to a subject-verb-object construction. :up:

 

[Bamako2]

C in SVC = Complement