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Object complement
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<h2 id="examples">Examples</h2> <p>The object complement is bold in the following examples: </p> <ul><li>She painted the barn red. – Adjective as object complement</li></ul> <p>Here, <i>painted</i> is an attributive ditransitive verb. The direct object is <i>the barn</i>. The object complement construction allows for the combination of the sentences <i>She painted the barn</i> and <i>The barn was painted red</i>. </p> <ul><li>He considers you a friend. – Noun phrase as object complement</li></ul> <p>Here, <i>considers</i> is an attributive ditransitive verb. The direct object is <i>you</i>. The object complement construction allows for the combination of the sentences <i>He considers you</i> and <i>You are a friend</i>. </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Object_(grammar)/wybTVzna">Direct object</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Complement_(linguistics)/jywrgR8C">Complement (linguistics)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Object_(grammar)/wybTVzna">Object (grammar)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Predicate_(grammar)/v1hK1EL2">Predicate (grammar)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Predicative_expression/rFaVNWcJ">Predicative expression</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Resultative/mQYUTV1A">Resultative</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Subject_complement/fmdLAcTa">Subject complement</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Brinton, Laurel J. & Donna M. Brinton. 2010. The linguistic structure of Modern English, 2nd edn. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company. <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Hopper, Paul J. 1999. A short course in grammar. New York: W. W. Norton & Company. <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Huddleston, Rodney. 1984. Introduction to the grammar of English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Quirk, Randolph, Sidney Greenbaum, Jan Svartvik, & Geoffrey Leech. 1985. A comprehensive grammar of the English language. London: Longman. <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>