predicate objective

noun

, Grammar.

For the use of an adjective as predicate objective, see 104.

For the use of an adjective as predicate objective, see 488.

The object of a verb may be the direct object, the predicate objective, the indirect object, the cognate object.

After the passive, a predicate objective becomes a predicate nominative ( 489).

Write ten sentences containing both a direct object and a predicate objective ( 104).

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