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I'm willing to join your group in saying that "him to come home" is the direct object of "want". The "for ... to ..." clause is "for him to come home". This, as a whole, is what is wanted, so it is the direct object of "want". The "for" is always deleted after the verb "want". CJ

I have a problem that has bothered me for days. Can you help me? It is about infinitive clauses. To illustrate my problem, here is a sentence: "I want him to come home." Is "to come home" the object complement, or is "him to come home" the direct object?

Hello Castor, I am not a teacher, but since there is no one is there to give it a try, I will tke the risk: 'The result will be crises for the government, which face huge increase in their spending on social security and healthcare.' It's a complex sentence with the main clause 'The...

http://pinker.wjh.harvard.edu/articles/media/1994_01_24_thenewrepublic.html Probably no "grammatical error" has received as much scorn as "misuse" of pronoun case inside conjunctions (phrases with two parts joined by is an object that requires object case, it does not mean that is an...

Yes. "dog" is the direct object in the main clause, and "nothing" is the direct object in the subordinate clause.

These '-ever' words are inclusive, and begin nominal clauses stating, for instance, 'under all conditions': Whoever came into my house last night left his footprints in the mousse. (subject -- 'who of any person') This is the receipt for whatever you bought yesterday. (object of...

I believe that MrP gave you the answer the first time, but I cannot find it. 'That' can be omitted when it is direct object or complement-- 'I see (that) you are busy.' 'I am happy (that) you got promoted.' or when it is a subject with preparatory 'it'-- 'It's great (that) you are...

My guesses: (1) 'Queen' is the fifth noun, acting as an adjective; 'guests' is subject of the dependent clause. (2) Subject preceding verb is normal word order in an affirmative statement. (3) 'Answers' is the head-- it is modified by the other words. (4) In ( a ) 'book' is the...

Hello Sextus Here you go: 1) “The past few years have witnessed the publication of a considerable number of books and papers on the influence that ancient scepticism (broadly defined) . I don’t understand whether by adding “an” before “assimilation”, the sentence is correct, or whether I...

Some of this analytic terminology changes so often that it's impossible to give a definitive answer without knowing the methodology taken by your textbook - or whatever you're using as your guide. "before building a new runway" sounds like a (subordinate) clause to me! "before (PRO they)...