complement

Complement Complement is a structure supplement predicate component result, the degree of tendency, may form, quantity, and other purposes. Between complement and supplement the predicate is added, and the relationship is described.

English complement the role of the object is subject and object , with a distinctive attribute of the description or restricted function , syntactically is indispensable. Complement is a supplement ingredients from the action. The most common is the object complement . Nouns , adjectives , adverbs , infinitive , present participle , past participle can make object complement in the sentence.

 

Subject Complement

(The following is the spoken language may apply)

It is used in verbs after a sentence is a basic ingredient. Common main - line - table structure. ( Predicative is active, the main complement passive ^[1]   ）

1 .. -? Who broke the vase Who broke the vase?

- Me me. (Me as subject complement = It's me.)

2.John hoped the passenger would be Mary and indeed it was her. John hoped the passengers is Mary, she really is. (Her made subject complement)

Objects complement

1. Infinitive (to do)
   　　Father by Will not the allow US to Play ON at The Street. Father would not let us play in the street.
   　　We believe him to be guilty. We believe he is guilty.
   　　It made him copy the sentence. We let him say it again. (make + object + infinitive to omit)
   　　of He IS Made to Copy at The sentence. He say it again.
2. Noun
   　　At the meeting we elected him monitor. At the meeting we elected him monitor.
   　　I name my dog Pit. I called my dog Pit.
3. Adjective
   　　What you said made Xiao Wang angry. You said so Wang is very angry.
   　　I found the classroom empty. I found the classroom was empty.
4. Adverbs
   　　Please call the students back at once. Please immediately return phone calls to students.
   　　He was seen to take his cap off . He took off his hat.
5. Participle
   　　We hear him singing in the hall. We heard him singing in the hall.
   　　I found him lying in bed, sleeping . I found him lying in bed, asleep.
6. Past participle
   　　He saw his face reflected in the water . He saw his face shining in the water.
   　　I heard it spoken of in the next room. I have heard people talk about this in the next room.

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1, active voice in the object complement, can be transformed into subject complement of passive voice.

For example: They caught the boy stealing (stealing as object complement).

Into the passive voice The boy was caught stealing. (Stealing converted complement the main language)

2, the subject complement the passive voice and the active voice of the object complement is closely related. E.g:

(1) I saw him playing basketball yesterday.

(2) He was seen playing basketball yesterday.

Sentence meaning (1) I did not see him, but I saw him play basketball. playing basketball is the object complement of him. So called object complement.

Sentence meaning (2) he was not the look, but others saw him playing basketball. playing basketball here is the subject of he complement, it is referred to as subject complement. Together referred to as a compound subject and subject complement subject. Therefore, the sentence contains subject complement is generally passive, can be bonded composite verb object (object + object complement) transitive. The subject of the sentence is subject complement of logical subject.

 

The difference between subject and predicative complement

Subject complement the passive voice is the object complement of active voice.
For example
They caught stealing boy.
Boy is caught in the object, the state is stealing boy, the object complement
it into the passive voice The boy was caught stealing, this time stealing became the
subject complement.
Let's look at a few subject complement sentence
at The Dog Called Karl IS
at The Door WAS painted White.
At The Broken Glass WAS found.
These are.

Predicative are intended to illustrate the subject of the identity, nature, character, and status features
located after be, become, appear, seem, look, sound, feel, get, smell and other words
Africa IS A Big Continent.
The I Feel much Better . Today
. Selling of Her Job iS Computers
of the Danger of Patient iS OUT.
the above four are noun, adjective, gerund, prepositional predicative

subject complement predicative is a difference between: predicative is active, master bushing passive, but are subject to modification of