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-An '''objective complement''' is a noun, pronoun or adjective that follows a '''direct object''' and further describes what the object is. The sentence must contain a direct object which can be identified by being the one that is receiving the action in a sentence.  They follow verbs such as call, make, name and think.
+An objective complement is an adjective, noun, or group of words that acts as an adjective or noun which modifies the [[object]] of a sentence.
+== The Rules ==
+'''Identifying Objects'''
-== Identifying objective complements ==
+*A direct object is a noun or pronoun that follows a [[transitive verb]] and completes its meaning.
+*An indirect object receives the direct object.
- '''An easy way to identify an objective complement, say the verb and the direct object, then ask what.'''<ref>http://tx.english-ch.com/teacher/mar/level-b/complements-objective-complements</ref>
+'''Modifying an Object'''
-== Examples ==
+*Whereas a [[subject complement]] modifies the subject of a sentence, an object complement only modifies an object.
+**Verbs which have to do with perceiving, judging or changing something typically cause their direct objects to take on object complements
-.  Billy named his dog Spot.
+== Usage ==
-         The '''objective complement''' is Spot which describes what the direct object, the dog, was named.
-.  The voters elected Bill Davis mayor.
+'''Object Complement'''
-         The '''objective complement''' is mayor which further describes the position that the direct object, Bill Davis, was elected to.
-.  If you elect me president, I'll keep the unions satisfied.<ref>http://www.cws.illinois.edu/workshop/writers/complements/</ref>
+=== Example 1 ===
-         There are two objective complements in this sentence.  '''President''' describes the elected position while '''satisfied''' refers to the unions.
-== Notes ==
+The student body voted Lucy <u>prom queen</u>.
-<references>http://tx.english-ch.com/teacher/mar/level-b/complements-objective-complements/</references>
-== Links ==
+*"Lucy" is the direct object of the sentence, "voted" is the transitive verb, and "prom queen" is the object complement as it modifies the direct object "Lucy".
-[http://tx.english-ch.com/teacher/mar/level-b/complements-objective-complements/ Objective complements]
-[http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/objects.htm Direct object]]
+=== Example 2 ===
-== References ==
+The drug will keep your body <u>healthy</u>.
-. "Complements: Objective Complements."  Objective complements. English channel, 2011. Web 7 Nov 2013. <http://tx.english-ch.com/teacher/mar/level-b/complements-objective-complements/>.
-. "Predecates, Objects, Complements." Direct and Indirect objects. Capital Community College Foundation, n.d. Web 7 Nov 2013. <http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/objects.htm>.
+*"Your body" is the direct object of the transitive verb "keep", and "healthy" is the object compliment as it refers to the direct object "your body".
-. "Object complements." Grammar Handbook: Complements. The Center for Writing Studies, University of Illinois, 2013. Web 7 Nov 2013. <http://www.cws.illinois.edu/workshop/writers/complements/>.
+'''Subject Compliment'''
+[[Subject complements]] are similar to an object compliments as they perform essentially the same function: modifying a noun or pronoun within a [[sentence]]. However, subject compliments modify or refer to a sentence's subject only.
+=== Example  ===
+Lucy became the <u>prom queen</u>.
+*In this case, "became" functions as a [[linking verb]] and not a transitive one; because there is no object one cannot be modified. The complement "prom queen" refers to the subject "Lucy", and is therefore a subject compliment.
+== External Links ==
+[http://www.cws.illinois.edu/workshop/writers/complements/ Grammar Handbook: Complements]
+[http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/objcompl.html Objects and Compliments]