Glossary term O

Object Complement

An object complement is a complement that is used to predicate a description of the direct object.

  • The people made Ambrose bishop.
  • The people considered Ambrose holy.
  1. Crystal 1985, 60
  2. Quirk, Greenbaum, Leech, and Svartvik 1985, 55
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