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== Finite and Non-Finite Verbs & their complements==
== Finite and Non-Finite Verbs & their complements==
=== Non-finite verbs & complements ===
* "complements" are words or phrases that "complement" or "go along with" a subject or verb
* verbs have complements in the forms of
** objects
** adverbs
** prepositional phrases
** dependent or "subordinate" clauses
* the idea is the the "verb complement" adds information to the predicate (which is the verb and its complements)
==== Finite & Non-Finite verbs and complements ====
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!
!Subject
!Verb
!Complements
!
|-
|Sentence
|Student
|reads
|a textbook
|
|-
|Phrase
|
|Reading
|a textbook
|
|-
|
|
|
|
|
|}