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a. direct object b. indirect object c. objective complement d. predicate nominative e. predicate adjective
a noun phrase denoting a person or thing that is the recipient of the action of a transitive verb, for example the dog in Jimmy fed the dog .
a noun phrase referring to someone or something that is affected by the action of a transitive verb (typically as a recipient), but is not the primary object (e.g., him in give him the book ).
A noun, adjective, or pronoun serving as a complement to a verb and qualifying its direct object, as governor in They elected him governor. objective compliment
a word in the nominative case that completes a copulative verb, such as son in the sentence Charlie is my son . predictive nominative
A traditional term for an adjective that usually comes after a linking verb and not before a noun. (Contrast with attributive adjective.) predictive adjective
you can prob figure it out from here
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