When a sentence includes an object complement, the DO that clause must be extraposed.
A sentence like Susan make her position clear is perfectly acceptable, but *Suan made that she didn't like me clear is ungrammatical. Extraposing the DO restores grammaticality--Susan made it clear that she didn't like me.
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2014年7月14日 星期一
2014年7月12日 星期六
that clause as Direct Object
The coach thinks that Sammy is an excellent athlete.
-psych verbs: know believe, hope , wish, assume, guess,
-sensory verbs: hear, see, feel
-communicate: say, argue, note, insist, demand, agree, suggest, indicate, write
Note that there are a few words that can take clausal DO but cannot take simple NPs or pronouns. *I insisted it is ungrammatical.
-psych verbs: know believe, hope , wish, assume, guess,
-sensory verbs: hear, see, feel
-communicate: say, argue, note, insist, demand, agree, suggest, indicate, write
Note that there are a few words that can take clausal DO but cannot take simple NPs or pronouns. *I insisted it is ungrammatical.
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