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Answer by JK2 for How to tell if something is a core complement or a non-core...
In CaGEL's terminology, it's clear as day how to figure out whether a complement is a core or non-core complement. Ditransitive/monotransitive contrastsi I gave her the key. I gave the key to her.ii I...
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You seem to have missed (in your examples) that (as stated in the first few paragraphs) a sentence can have two core complements. What CaGEL implies but doesn't state is that a core complement is one...
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How to tell if something is a core complement or a non-core complement?
CaGEL on page 216 cite the following: "Kim gave the key to Pat"An NP indirectly related to the verb through the preposition is referred as an oblique. The phrase "to Pat" is a non-core compliment of...
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