Lesson 11 grammar: The complex object text: Rheumatic Endocarditis The theoretical part Presentation of a new item

LESSON 11

GRAMMAR: The complex object

TEXT: Rheumatic Endocarditis

The theoretical part

Presentation of a new item

Grammar: The Complex Object
The complex object consists of two components, of which the second stands in predicate relation to the first. The two components form an indivisible unit and consequently must be regarded as one part of the sentence. The complex object can be non-prepositional and prepositional.

Noun OR + Objective case and infinitive Possessive Pronoun

Ways of expressing the object

The object is expressed by the following parts of speech;

1. A noun in the common case.

1. 
   We ought to give him a present, too
   

2. A pronoun (personal in the objective case possessive, defining, reflexive, demonstrative,indefinite)had not begun yet… (Manfield)

She pulled out a cigarette and let it dangle between her lips