Complement


Nouns as object complement


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Complement

Nouns as object complement


  • The company just made Ron our team leader.
    (In this sentence, ‘our team leader’ is the object complement (noun phrase) that’s renaming the object ‘him’. Ron = our team leader )

In these examples, the object complement is either a noun or a noun phrase. But it can be a noun clause too.

Adjectives as object complement


(Here, the object complement ‘happy’ is an adjective that’s modifying the object ‘me‘. Me = happy)

  • You proved us wrong again.
    (‘Wrong’ is the object complement here that’s modifying the object ‘me‘. Us = wrong)



NOTE: an object complement as an adjective can’t be an adjective clause.
Adjective complement
An adjective complement is a phrase or a clause that completes the meaning of an adjective by giving more information about it. The information helps the readers or listeners to understand the situation better. So, the information it provides is necessary in order to complete the meaning of the adjective.
Points to note:

  • An adjective complement is more than a word: a phrase or a clause.

  • It comes right next to an adjective.

  • It sits right next to an adjective.

The following 3 things can function as an adjective complement in a sentence:

  1. Prepositional phrase

2. Infinitive phrase
3. Noun clause

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