Homework Help: English Complements

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, December 8, 2011 at 4:59pm.

In the sentence

They named him John.

what sort of complement is "John"? The direct object is "him".

How does this relate to a sentence like

They made him do it.

English Complements - Ms. Sue, Thursday, December 8, 2011 at 5:05pm
John is an object complement here.

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/objects.htm

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