Subject Complement and Object Complement

In English grammar we have something called a subject complement as well as an object complement. A subject complement defines or describes the subject of the sentence, whereas the object complement completes the meaning of the verb and modifies, names, or renames the direct object.
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Hi mam i saw your video on gerund in this video you told the nominative properties of gerund andu you gave exampls but i have a doubt on one example i.e "His leaving without saying good-bye was rude & disrespectful." My doubt is his leaving is gerund thats ok But "without saying good bye" in this "saying" is it "gerund" or "present participle " as English rule before a noun we have an adjective but here saying is noun & good bye is also noun and "without" is preposition after preposition we should have object. Here what is object of the preposition "saying" or " good bye" pls explain TQ 🙏

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Thanks for your question. The basic sentence here is: His leaving (without saying goodbye) was rude and disrespectful. "His leaving" is the subject, so the word "leaving" is not used as a verb here. In this example the gerund phrase "saying goodbye" is the object of the preposition "without". Here is another similar example: Studying a new language is difficult without practicing daily. "practicing daily" is the gerund phrase and is the object of the preposition "without". I hope this helps.

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@@WritingBetter can we say like this "goodbye is noun (particular object of preposition)and saying is modifying the goodbye so it is participle?

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what is the difference between state verb and linking verb? To be verb is both a state and a linking?

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State verbs (state of being verbs) are always linking verbs. However, other verbs can also be linking verbs. Common linking verbs are the forms of the verb to be; verbs relating to the five senses (smells, tastes, feels, sounds, looks); and the verbs become, appear, and seem. I hope this helps.

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Linking verbs connect the subject with additional information describing the subjects state, condition or relationship.. example Be ..seem .. become ,appear etc ...state verbs are a subset of linking verbs that describes a state of being or condition without indicating action.. example..be , exist, belong,remain...

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Could you please give me some example sentences for the pattern 'Subject+Verb+Object+Subject complement'?

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Do you mean: SVOC (Subject/verb/object/ complement)? Here are a few examples of that pattern. They made him captain. He got his feet wet. She painted the cabinets blue.

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@@WritingBetter Thank you for the reply, ma'am. By the way, I didn't ask for an SVOC pattern but for an S+V+O+SC. I've recently come to know that the complement that follows the object can be either an object complement or a subject complement. Eg: He played the game fearless. Here, the word 'fearless' describes the state of the subject 'he', so it's the subject complement here. This was very new to me. So, I want(ed) to know more about this pattern.

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A subject complement follows a linking verb. The word “play” in this sentence is not a linking verb. Fearless (or more accurately, fearlessly) used in this sentence is an adverb describing how he played. I don’t believe this can be said to be a subject complement. I hope this helps. You might also check this site out: www.grammarly.com/blog/subject-complement/

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Due to the heavy traffic, I could not reach the office in time. “In spite of” means even though something was true, you were able to do something. “Despite the” would also mean the same.

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With the information given to combine into one sentence, none of the 4 answers would be correct. If the given information was: There was heavy traffic. I "could" reach the office in time. Then, (A) would be correct. "In spite of heavy traffic, I could reach the office in time." ("In spite of heavy traffic, I was able to reach the office in time." would be better.)

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