Re: painting the door green
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, August 25, 2008, 15:56 |
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On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 11:37 AM, David McCann <david@...> wrote:
> Rather different, of course, is "They elected him secretary", where
> "him" and "secretary" both depend on the same verb, and "secretary" is
> the objective complement.
I don't think that's different at all; it feels like a resultative of
the same form as the door painting. After the action of "They elected
him [to the office of] secretary", the person referred to by "him" is
now the secretary, when he wasn't before.
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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>