Complements

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Complements
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What is a Complement?

• Word or word group that completes the meaning of
  a verb.
• Example
• Incomplete- Dr. Charles Drew made. (what?)..
• Complete- Dr. Charles Drew made advances in
  the study of blood plasma. (made what?)..

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Direct Object

• A noun, pronoun, or word group that tells who or
  what is receiving the action.
• Example
• My uncle repairs engines and sells them. (Repairs
  what? Sells what?)

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Indirect Object

• Noun, pronoun, or word group that sometimes
  appears in the sentences containing direct
  objects.
• Answer to whom? or to what? or for whom? or
  for what?
• Example
• The waiter gave her the bill. (To whom did the
  waiter give the bill?)

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Subject Complement

• Word or word group in the predicate that
  identifies or describes the subject.
• Example
• Julio has been president of his class since
  October. (President identifies the subject Julio.