Simple sentences second pattern subject verb inner complement outer complement 6. John gives Mary a ring 7. The sailors make John captain 8.
If, in (10), the inner and outer complements are reversed (e.g., We want to know you), the meaning is changed as well as the structure.
If, for instance, in (6) one reverses inner and outer complements, one adds to and says, John gives a ring to Mary; one does not say John gives a ring Mary.
Masri traveled to Homs, Damascus, and other cities, building a grassroots fan base to complement his inner circle of Aleppo mentees.
When outer dynamism, which they have in abundance, is complemented with inner peace, they can prove to be a boon to the society".
It is the McDonald Observatory that has played the dominant role in uncovering the Moon's inner secrets, its ranging work complemented by that of an observatory in France.
In the following examples each sentence contains four components: subject, verb, and two complements, first and second, or inner and outer.
(4) The inner membrane of the mitochondrion possesses a complement of proteins that brings about the transport of essential metabolites.
At this stage, it's hoped Perth's new driverless cars will provide passengers with short inner-city journeys that complement existing public transport infrastructure.
Numerical experiments show that the preconditioner using the new approximation Schur complement along with MINRES in nonstandard inner product works well in practice.
