SUBJECT,
VERB, AND COMPLEMENT
- Subject
The
subject in a sentence or clausa is the person or thing doing, performing, or controlling
the action of the verb. Only that which has the grammatical function of a noun
can be the subject of a clausa. This is because it is someone or something that
is capable of performing or “controlling” the action of the verb.
Example :
a. Jakarta is the city full with the memory.
Medan
is
the subject of the sentence.
b. I and you are bestfriend.
I
and you is the subject of the sentence.
c. Pierre puts a lot of garlic in his food.
Pierre
is
the subject of the sentence.
2. Verb
Verb
are used to indicate
the actions, processes,
conditions, or states of beings of people or things.
Verbs play an integral role to the structure
of a sentence. They constitute the root
of the predicate, which,
along with the subject (the “doer”
of the verb’s action),
forms a full clause
or sentence—we cannot have a sentence without
a verb. When we discuss verbs’ role in the
predicate, we usually divide them into
two fundamental categories:
finite and non-finite verbs.
·
A
physical action (e.g., to swim, to write, to climb).
·
A
mental action (e.g., to think, to guess, to consider).
·
A
state of being (e.g., to be, to exist, to appear).
Example
:
a.
She considers the job done.
Considers
is
the verb of the sentence.
b. Diana bought a ticket.
Bought
is
the verb of the sentence.
c. Jorsh guessed the right number.
Guessed
is
the verb of the sentence.
3. Complement
Complements
are words or groups
of words that are
necessary to complete the meaning of another
part of the sentence.
Complements act like
modifiers to add additional meaning to the
word or words they
are attached to.
However, unlike adjunct modifiers, they
do not add supplemental
information—they provide information that is necessary
to achieve the intended
meaning in the sentence.Complements,
even those that
complete the meaning
of the subject, are
always part of the predicate.
Example
:
a. Rina
is very smart.
Smart is the complement of the sentence.
b. She
lends me three hundred dollars.
Three
hundred dollars is the complement of the sentence.
Dancing is
the complement of the sentence
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