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In `F33f`_`[grammar`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Grammar]`_`f, an `!object complement`! is a `F33f`_`[predicative expression`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Predicative_expression]`_`f that follows a `F33f`_`[direct object`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Direct_object]`_`f of an `F33f`_`[attributive ditransitive`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Ditransitive_verb]`_`f or `F33f`_`[resultative verb`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Resultative]`_`f and that `F33f`_`[complements`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Complement_(linguistics)]`_`f the direct object of the `F33f`_`[sentence`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Sentence_(linguistics)]`_`f by describing it.`:cite-ref-1[`F5bf`_`[1`#cite-note-1]`_`f]`:cite-ref-2[`F5bf`_`[2`#cite-note-2]`_`f]`:cite-ref-3[`F5bf`_`[3`#cite-note-3]`_`f] Object complements are `F33f`_`[constituents`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Constituent_(linguistics)]`_`f of the `F33f`_`[predicate`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Predicate_(grammar)]`_`f. Noun phrases and adjective phrases most frequently function as object complements.`:cite-ref-4[`F5bf`_`[4`#cite-note-4]`_`f]

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• `F0af`_`[Examples`#examples]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[See also`#see-also]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[References`#references]`_`f

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>>Examples

The object complement is bold in the following examples:

She painted the barn `!red`!. – Adjective as object complement

Here, `*painted`* is an attributive ditransitive verb. The direct object is `*the barn`*. The object complement construction allows for the combination of the sentences `*She painted the barn`* and `*The barn was painted red`*.

He considers you `!a friend`!. – Noun phrase as object complement

Here, `*considers`* is an attributive ditransitive verb. The direct object is `*you`*. The object complement construction allows for the combination of the sentences `*He considers you`* and `*You are a friend`*.

>>See also

• `F33f`_`[Direct object`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Object_(grammar)]`_`f

• `F33f`_`[Complement (linguistics)`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Complement_(linguistics)]`_`f

• `F33f`_`[Object (grammar)`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Object_(grammar)]`_`f

• `F33f`_`[Predicate (grammar)`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Predicate_(grammar)]`_`f

• `F33f`_`[Predicative expression`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Predicative_expression]`_`f

• `F33f`_`[Resultative`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Resultative]`_`f

• `F33f`_`[Subject complement`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Subject_complement]`_`f

>>References

`:cite-note-1`!1.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-1]`_`f Brinton, Laurel J. & Donna M. Brinton. 2010. The linguistic structure of Modern English, 2nd edn. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company.

`:cite-note-2`!2.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-2]`_`f Hopper, Paul J. 1999. A short course in grammar. New York: W. W. Norton & Company.

`:cite-note-3`!3.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-3]`_`f Huddleston, Rodney. 1984. Introduction to the grammar of English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

`:cite-note-4`!4.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-4]`_`f Quirk, Randolph, Sidney Greenbaum, Jan Svartvik, & Geoffrey Leech. 1985. A comprehensive grammar of the English language. London: Longman.

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