Disabled_girl  +  450882 Sat, 08 Dec 07 03:54 AM Hiya! The professor whatched his students writing their exam. Is it correct to say that writing their exam is a object complement? Can a gerund phrase be an object complement??? Thanks for your help! Disabled_girl Joined on Sat, Dec 8 2007 New Member 20 Gerunds

	pieanne  +  451032 Sat, 08 Dec 07 03:41 PM "His students" is the direct object complement. You could rephrase the sentence as "he watched his students as they were writing their exam", so it's a kind of apposition to students pieanne Joined on Thu, Jan 20 2005 South of France ...But I'm Belgian! Veteran Member 7,517 I'm glad to help, but I'm not a native! And please excuse my typos... Direct Objects

	Disabled_girl  +  451153 Sun, 09 Dec 07 12:56 AM I'm doing a take home exam, and this is a question : The professor watched his student writing their exam. This sentence demonstrate a) a transitive pattern + object complement b) a transitive pattern + indirect object c) a transitive pattern with no other complement. As i'm not sure as what is acting the grunf phrase here.  Is it a object complement, as it does complement the object (student). Thanks all for your hepl! Disabled_girl