What
are Comliments: A compliment is the word
that completes the sentence when the subject and predicate is
not enough. To explain how this works, I'll have to explain how
the Simple Active Delcarative sentence works.
SAD:
The SAD sentence is one that only includes the Subject,
Predicate
and any Compliments. For example:
Regular form: My best friend's dog
ran around the bench twice.
SAD form: The dog ran.
The
regular form includes the complete subject and complete
predicate, but the SAD form only has the simple subject and
predicate. Sometimes a subject and predicate are not enough,
however.
Regular form: The evening clouds
were as dark as pitch.
SAD form: The clouds were dark.
In
the SAD sentence, the subject (clouds) and the predicate (were)
are not enough to make sense (The clouds were.) In this case,
the sentence needs another word to complete the idea. This word
is callled the COMPLIIMENT (The clouds were DARK)
Types
of Compliments: Compliments can be
devided into four categories (click the links to get more
information:
Direct
Objects
Indirect Objects
Predicate
Nominatives
Predicate
Adjective
Compliments
