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Verb as Complement

A.  Pengertian Complement

Complement adalah kata atau kelompok kata yang melengkapi makna dari subject, verb, atau object. Dengan demikian, ada tiga macam complement, yaitu: subject, verb, dan object complement.

B.  Verb Complement

Verb complement adalah direct object (DO) atau indirect object (IO) dari suatu action verb. Objek-objek tersebut dapat berupa noun, pronoun, atau konstruksi lain yang berakting seperti noun, seperti: gerund, infinitive, dan noun clause.

Contoh Verb Complement [DO= bold; IO= italic]:

Contoh Kalimat Verb Complement	Direct Object	Indirect Object
My boss paid me two thousand dollars. (Bosku membayarku dua ribu dollar.)	noun phrase	pronoun
I love swimming. (Aku suka berenang.)	gerund	–
She wanted to go. (Dia ingin pergi.)	infinitive	–
He discovered that creating a website is quite easy. (Dia mendapati bahwa membuat sebuah website cukup mudah.)	noun clause	–

Sumber :

Predicates, Objects, Complements. http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/objects.htm. Accessed on October 13, 2012.

Grammar Handbook: Complements. http://www.cws.illinois.edu/workshop/writers/complements/. Accessed on October 13, 2012.

Diagramming Sentences. http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/diagram_gram06.html. Accessed on October 13, 2012.

Nouns. http://www.towson.edu/ows/nouns.htm. Accessed on October 13, 2012.

Structural Syntax: The Objective Complement. http://facweb.furman.edu/~wrogers/syntax/oc.htm. Accessed on October 13, 2012.

Module 2 Concepts: Object Complements. http://faculty.unlv.edu/nagelhout/ENG411Bs12C/mod2concept8.html. Accessed on October 13, 2012.

Module 2 Concepts: Pred ADJ and Pred NOM. http://faculty.unlv.edu/nagelhout/ENG411Bs12C/mod2concept6.html. Accessed on October 13, 2012.

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