Again its all about in Statement Pattern...
2006-09-24 01:55:22 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
Do you mean sentence patterns?
SVO: We painted the house.
SVO-OC: We painted the house white.
SVC: Louisa's father is a doctor.
2006-09-24 03:08:59 · answer #1 · answered by keepsondancing 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Linking verbs or copular verbs link a subject to a complement. Linking verbs MUST be followed by a complement in order to make the sentence complete. The complement can be a subject complement or an adverbial, and occurs in two sentence types which are of the Subject-Verb-Complement (SVC) and Subject-Verb-Adverbial (SVA) pattern. ______________________________________... SVC: We can distinguish the following patterns: A. The complement is a noun phrase or noun clause: 1. This is a really nice outfit. 2. The anwer is that we don't want to go to the party. 3. He became a beggar. B. To be can occur between the linking verb and the complement. Although this "to be" is not necessary, both American English and British English prefer an infinitive construction with to be rather than simply a noun phrase. 1. She seems (to be) all right. 2. He proved (to be) a good husband. 3. She appears (to be) exhausted. NOTE: a) There is also a tendency , especially in AME, to prefer a construction in which the verb is followed by like: It seems like she does not want to go to school.. b) Some linking verbs are restricted as to the words that may occur in their complement. Examples are: rest (assured), run (wild), plead (innocent), fall (silent). C. The complement is an adjective. 1. He became very restless (when his son did not come home on time). 2. Your house looks very clean. 3. She stayed calm. SVA: The main linking verb that allows an adverbial as complementation is to be. The most common adverbials are place and time adverbials. 1. Tom is in the bathroom.. 2. My uncle lives in Belgium. 3. The party will be at three o'clock.
2016-03-17 03:05:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Objective Complement Examples
2016-11-16 06:08:32 · answer #3 · answered by nelems 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its Subject- Transitive Verb - Direct Object - Object Compilent
not Subject-Verb-Objective complement (S-V-O-OC) the OC can't live without the DO. and its a sentence pattern!
ex:
I enjoyed the movie, click
I love the chocolates, ferrero
the object compliments gives name to the direct object
2006-09-24 02:01:01 · answer #4 · answered by laviet09 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋