Is it a sentence which includes object complement?

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qingqing

#170346 Fri, 16 Dec 05 05:10 AM

Companies spend a large amount of money (in) employing advertisers.

Is "(in) employing advertisers" an object complement or an adverbial?

Thanks.

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CalifJim

#170352 Fri, 16 Dec 05 05:33 AM

"(in) employing advertisers" is an adverbial (of manner). It tells how the money is spent.
Within the advervial "advertisers" is an object complement of the verb "employ", of course.
In the main clause "a large amount of money" is an object complement.

CJ

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paco2004

#170368 Fri, 16 Dec 05 05:59 AM

Hi CJ

I'm afraid you used the term "object complement" in a way different than the way we learners use it in. In CGEL by R.Quirk, "object complement" is any word/phrase (either a noun or an adjective) that qualifies the object. According to the CGEL's definition, "rather expensive" in "We consider Quirk's CGEL rather expensive" is an object complement.

paco

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CalifJim

#170371 Fri, 16 Dec 05 06:20 AM

Ah, yes. I see what you mean, Paco. I was thinking of an object which is a complement to a verb.
Thanks!

qingqing,
Please ignore that post. It seems I had the wrong end of the stick.

Jim

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qingqing

#170417 Fri, 16 Dec 05 10:04 AM

So, both "a large amount of money" and "advertisers" are objects.

Thank you, Jim.

qingqing