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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 ==== | |||
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!Subject | |||
!Verb | |||
!Complements | |||
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|Sentence | |||
|Student | |||
|reads | |||
|a textbook | |||
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|Phrase | |||
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|Reading | |||
|a textbook | |||
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