User:Foxjwill/English Grammar Reference

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Contents 1 Word order 1.1 Content clause 1.1.1 Declarative content clause 1.2 Complement 1.2.1 Subject complement 1.2.2 Object complement 2 Subject

[edit] Word order

• Subject verb object

[edit] Content clause

[edit] Declarative content clause

1. As direct objects

   He told her (that) she was smart.

2. Similarly with verb-like adjectives

   Convinced (that) he could manage it without help, he decided to proceed.

[edit] Complement

[edit] Subject complement

Tells more about the subject by means of the verb.

She looks sick.

Apples are red.

[edit] Object complement

[edit] Subject

1. Determinerless noun phrase

   Builders are at work.

2. Determiner phrase

   The large car stopped at my house.

3. Gerund – can form a determiner phrase

   Eating is pleasure.