Subjective & objective complements,Clause

Complement
A complement is a word or words that complete the meaning of the predicate.

• The teacher was happy.They were clever and corrupt politicians.The President made him governor.
• Here happy,clever and corrupt,politicians tell about politicians and governor are complements.
  The meaning of these sentences would be incomplete without the complements.Here happy describes "the teacher," the subject,clever and corrupt "they," and governor refers to "him," the object.

1. The subjective(subject) complement(completer)
(a)When the complement describes the subject,it is called a subjective complement.
• She was appointed ambassador.They look tired.These goods are on sale.
• ambassador,tired and on sale (subjective complements) refer to the subjects,she,they and these goods.
(b)In other words,a subjective complement is a word that is used after a linking verb.It describes the subject of a sentence. i.Subject complements follow the forms of the linking verb "be."
• We are worried.The word should be finished.
ii.Some other linking verbs that take subject complements are :
• appear,feel,seem,turn,taste,remain,look,smell,sound,stay.
2. The objective(object) complement(completer)
A transitive verb can be require a complement (together with the object).This is the objective complement which describes the object.
• They described the scenes as awful.
  She called her a thief.
  Rustam made him manager of the factory.
  Razia considers her fate rosy.
• The words in italics are objective complements in the above sentences."As awful," for example,a combination of preposition and adjective,is the complement to the object "scene."

Clause
A clause is a group of words which makes complete sense (that is,has a subject and a predicate) but is part of a larger sentence.(It may be a sentence within a sentence.)

• She stayed at home though she wanted to accompany us.
• Two clauses,"she stayed at home" and "she wanted to accompany us" are joined by "though," a conjunction.
• The students,who disobey their parents ,are unhappy in life.
• "who"-a pronoun-is the subject and "disobey their parents" is the predicate.So the clause is:>br>"who disobey their parents."The other clause in the same way can be:"The students (S.) are unhappy in life (P.)."
• They think that they will get over their difficulties soon.
• Only one clause:They (S.) will get over their difficulties soon (P.).