Complement (predicative)

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The term complement is sometimes used to denote the grammatical funtion of predicative phrases, in the same sense as predicate nominal. This terminology is widely known especially from Quirk et al. 1985.

Examples

Subject complement: The country became independent.

Object complement: Most people considered Picasso a genius.

Polysemy

The term complement has many other uses, see complement.

References

Quirk, Randolph & Greenbaum, Sidney & Leech, Geoffrey & Svartvik, Jan. 1985. A comprehensive grammar of the English language. London: Longman.

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