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Complement - a word, phrase, or clause that is necessary to complete the meaning of a given expression. Complements help add meaning or a story to the subject and verb of a sentence, for example. There are five types of Complements: Direct Object - The direct object receives the action of the verb and is usually a noun or pronoun. Tip: Ask yourself "Who" or "What" to identify the direct object in a sentence. Billy drank lemonade. (Lemonade is the direct object) Object Complement - An object complement follows and modifies or refers to a direct object. It can be a noun, pronoun, adjective, or phrase. Billy painted his kitchen yellow. (Kitchen is the direct object. Yellow is the object complement) Indirect Object - An indirect object comes between the verb and the direct object and answers the question "to whom?" or "for whom?" Billy passed Joey the lemonade. (Lemonade is the direct object. Joey is the indirect object) Predicate Adjective - A predicate adjective is an adjective that comes after a linking verb to describe the subject, answering the question "what?" Linking verbs are verbs like: to be, feel, remain, taste, stay, etc The juice tasted sweet. (Sweet is the predicate adjective. Tasted is the linking verb) Predicate Nominative - A predicate nominative is a noun or pronoun that also comes after the linking verb, but it renames the subject and answers the question "who?" or "what?" That short man is my cousin. (Cousin is the predicate nominative) References: Kern, Jara. (2020). The Infographic Guide to Grammar. Adams Media Venolia, Jan. (2001). Write Right! (4th ed.). Ten Speed Press

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This week we discuss the rules of thumb for dealing with Compound Subjects, especially in how they relate to last week's topic on Subject-Verb Agreement. Compound Subjects - Two or more individual nouns or noun phrases connected by "and" , "or", or "nor" to form a single, longer noun phrase. They can cause confusion with the subject-verb agreement. Example: spaghetti and meatballs is a compound subject, but it is also considered a singular unit, and thus gets a singular verb. Some Rules of Thumb for Compound Subjects: Subjects joined by "And" use a plural verb. (except as noted above where the compound subject is considered a singular unit such as: spaghetti and meatballs, macaroni and cheese). Example: Cats and dogs play together. Singular subjects joined by "or" or "nor" use a singular verb. Example: Neither the cat nor the dog likes spiders. Plural subjects joined by "or" or "nor" use a plural verb. Example: Neither the cats nor the dogs like spiders. Verbs agree with the subject closest to them but only if you have one singular and one plural subject. Example: The cat and dog plays with the boy. The cats and dogs play with the boy. Cats and dogs live together. References: Kern, Jara. (2020). The Infographic Guide to Grammar. Adams Media Venolia, Jan. (2001). Write Right! (4th ed.). Ten Speed Press

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