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== Usage == | == Usage == | ||
===Object Complement=== | |||
'''Example 1''' | |||
The student body voted Lucy <u>prom queen</u>. | The student body voted Lucy <u>prom queen</u>. | ||
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*"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". | *"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". | ||
'''Example 2''' | |||
The drug will keep your body <u>healthy</u>. | The drug will keep your body <u>healthy</u>. | ||
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*"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". | *"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". | ||
=== Subject Complement === | |||
[[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. | [[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>. | Lucy became the <u>prom queen</u>. | ||