PASTEL  +  43195 Tue, 24 Aug 04 08:20 AM 1) I think it funny. 2) I think it's funny. In my first example, 'it' functions as a direct object of the verb 'think'. 'Funny' is an appositive describing 'it'. And in my second example, what follows the verb 'think' is a noun clause intrduced by 'that' which is omitted becasue it is used as an object. Both sentences are correct. Do I make sense? PASTEL Joined on Thu, Jul 1 2004 Regular Member 547 Verbs, Clauses, Nouns, Direct Objects

	miriam  +  43321 Wed, 25 Aug 04 04:32 AM Hi there, Pastel In your firsrt sentence, "funny" would be an object complement. In your second sentence, "that" can be ommitted, that's correct. But I'm not sure what you meant by the rest of your comment. If you meant that the whole construction "(that) it's funny" is the object of "think", you're right. But if you meant that "that" is an object and thus it can be ommitted, then you're not so right because "that" is only a subordinator that has no syntactic function within the clause. Both sentences are correct. Miriam miriam Joined on Mon, May 10 2004 Argentina Regular Member 821 "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something." Plato Constructions, Clauses