Exercise 11.4Underline and label the noun phrases that follow the verbs in the following sentences, using Obj NP Comp and IO DO for the two complement types.. Object adjective comple
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Underline and label the noun phrases that follow the verbs in the following sentences, using Obj
NP Comp and IO DO for the two complement types Confi rm your answer by showing both
tests: the / test and the to/for paraphrase.
The critics considered her latest book a great success.
/ test: her latest book a great success
to/for paraphrase: X The critics considered a great success to/for her latest book.
1 I have often wished myself a better person.
2 The board considers the CEO a great natural leader.
3 We told them the truth.
4 The President appointed her Undersecretary of State for Latin Affairs.
5 The newspaper named AMPEX Corporation the company of the year.
6 Senator Blather considered himself an expert on foreign affairs.
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9 The magazine ranked him one of the best young golfers in the state.
10 Bruce confessed himself a junk-food addict.
11 The press called her a rising star in the industry.
12 I found us a terrifi c apartment.
13 I found John a bit of a bore.
14 He made himself a cheese sandwich.
15 He made himself a fi rst-rate bridge player.
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Some verbs, including many (but not all) of the verbs that take noun phrase noun phrase
complements, take object adjective complements Here are some examples:
Adj
He drives me crazy
Adj
The proposal left us cold
The jury found them innocent of all charges
I like my steak medium-rare
Most uses of this complement type are phrases that allow very little substitution for the adjective object complement For instance, in the four examples of this complement type given
above, few of the adjectives will allow other adjective complements to be used with that verb
In the fi rst example
He drives me crazy.
we can only substitute a few close synonyms for crazy:
He drives me mad.
He drives me nuts.
In the second example
The proposal left us cold.
about the only substitute for cold is lukewarm:
The proposal left us lukewarm.
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the adjective complement crazy can only refer to the object me.
Parallel to what we did with noun phrase object complements, we can represent the relation-ship between the adjective object complement and object by an equal sign () For example:
The proposal left us cold.
us cold
The jury found them innocent of all charges.
them innocent
I like my steak medium-rare.
my steak medium-rare
Exercise 11.5
Underline and label the objects (Obj) and adjective complements (Adj Comp) in the following
sentences Confi rm your answer by using an sign to connect the adjective complement to the
object
We usually fi nd their suggestions quite helpful.
1 The senator always gets his opponents angry at his absurd claims.
2 The insulated cover will keep the food cold for hours.
3 I like my chili blazing hot.
4 The press fi nds him quite entertaining.
5 I consider him trustworthy.
6 I need them ready by noon.
7 We painted the deck a light blue.
8 The evidence proves the original hypothesis correct.
9 I would rate their food only so-so.
10 We would like the presentation light and upbeat.
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complements) will also allow an alternate form with to be in front of the object complement For
example, in addition to the following object complements:
I always imagined him a wealthy man.
I always imagined him taller
we have an alternative form with to be:
I always imagined him to be a wealthy man.
I always imagined him to be taller.
The forms with and without to be mean exactly the same thing In fact, often native speakers
would prefer to use the version with to be While not every object complement can be used with
the to be paraphrase, most can.
Exercise 11.6
Underline and label the objects and type of object complements (NP Comp or Adj Comp) in the
following sentences, then insert to be between the object and the object complement.
The board chose her the next CEO of the company.
The board chose her to be the next CEO of the company.
1 We always found them kind and considerate.
2 I believed myself ready.
3 The jury must presume the defendant innocent.
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9 I always maintained them one of the best companies in the business.
10 I confessed myself totally ignorant of what they were talking about.
4 Object adverb of place
A few verbs require an expression of place after the object For example:
I put the box on the table.
The verb put requires an expression of place When you put something, you have to put it
some-where If we delete the expression of place, the sentence becomes ungrammatical:
X I put the box.
The expression of place can be an adverb prepositional phrase (as in the example), or merely
a single-word adverb For example:
I put the box there.
I put the box down.
I put the box back.
The adverb of place can also include adverbs that have a sense of motion or direction toward a
place For example:
I pushed a coin into the slot of the vending machine.
I drove the car into the garage.
I drove the car around the parking lot.
All of the verbs that take this complement type have a sense of causing someone or something to
be placed somewhere or to be moved to some place Here are some more examples:
Can you take me to the airport?
Carefully, I laid the eggs in the carton.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink (Saying)
Show me where to go.
Send any mail that comes to my home address.
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a problem: bring and take In English, as in many languages, bring and take are directional words
Bring means “toward the speaker,” and take means “away from the speaker.” For example:
Please bring the books to me (toward the speaker) Please bring the books here (toward the speaker) Please take the books to his office (away from the speaker) Please take the book there (away from the speaker)
Exercise 11.7
Decide whether bring or take is more appropriate in the following sentences.
Can you (bring/take) me to the airport?
1 Can you (bring/take) me home after the meeting?
2 Did you (bring/take) the visitors to the Art Gallery in Old Town?
3 I can (bring/take) them back here, if you like.
4 The van will (bring/take) you to where the ship will dock.
5 Let me (bring/take) you out to dinner tonight.
6 Please (bring/take) the kids back here after the movie.
7 (Bring/Take) your umbrella if you go out to lunch.
8 Why did you (bring/take) them there?
9 The trash collectors fi nally (brought/took) away the old Christmas tree.
10 Look at the trash along the shoreline that the high tide (brought/took) in.
5 Object that clause
Some verbs can take an object followed by a that clause For example: