Thank you very much, Jim and Yankee. CalifJim wrote: If I won't shoot at any soldier, I won't kill any soldiers. Just my point. In both cases I would use the plural because both are complements, not adjuncts. That's why I said complement

If I won't shoot at any soldier, I won't kill any soldiers. Just my point. In both cases I would use the plural because both are complements, not adjuncts. That's why I said complement rather than object. shoot at is a prepositional verb with