adverbial or complement

[chance22]

In the following sentences
1.He arrived in the country. a penniless 20-year-old.2. He died young.
are the words in bold called adverbials or complements? I sometimes find it difficult to tell the difference between adverbial and complement in sentences like this. Would you kindly help clarify it?

 

[emsr2d2]

In the following sentences, are the words in bold called adverbials or complements? Try not to split a sentence/question over different lines with other information between the parts.

1. space here He arrived in the country no full stop here a penniless 20-year-old.
2. He died young.

I sometimes find it difficult to tell the difference between adverbials and complements in sentences like [STRIKE]this[/STRIKE] these. Would you [STRIKE]kindly[/STRIKE] please [STRIKE]help[/STRIKE] clarify it?

I'm going to leave it to a grammarian to answer your question but please note my corrections and comments above.

 

[5jj]

I sometimes find it difficult to tell the difference between adverbial and complement in sentences like this.

Are you studying this area of grammar as part of a grammar/linguistics course? If so, then an informed response will be useful to you. Someone more knowledgeable in this area than I will be along soon to respond, I hope.

If, however, your main aim is simply to learn to communicate in English, even up to a very high level, then I suggest you don't worry about it. It's something extremely few native speakers of English and very few teachers of English know much about.

 

[chance22]

Yes, it is taken from a grammar test.

 

[Tarheel]

If I had those on an exam I would say they are complements.

Let me know how that works out for you.
;-)

 

[chance22]

I chose "complements" on the exam, but when I think twice, I'm a little confused. These two sentences are very much like another one:
He came back home, disappointed.
But doen't the word "disappointed" here serve as an adverbial?

 

[Tarheel]

Yes, probably. But I wouldn't lose any sleep over it.

 

[Rollercoaster1]

I chose "complements" on the exam, but when I think twice, I'm a little confused. These two sentences are very much like another one:
He came back home, disappointed.
But doen't the word "disappointed" here serve as an adverbial?

I wonder if the comma was required.