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Understanding Nominal Complements

The nominal complement is a term that completes the meaning of an abstract noun, adjective, or adverb, and is always preceded by a preposition. It is essential for conveying complete meaning, similar to how transitive verbs require direct objects. Distinguishing between nominal complements and adjectival adjuncts is crucial, as the former is connected to abstract terms while the latter provides additional, non-essential information to concrete nouns.

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Understanding Nominal Complements

The nominal complement is a term that completes the meaning of an abstract noun, adjective, or adverb, and is always preceded by a preposition. It is essential for conveying complete meaning, similar to how transitive verbs require direct objects. Distinguishing between nominal complements and adjectival adjuncts is crucial, as the former is connected to abstract terms while the latter provides additional, non-essential information to concrete nouns.

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Nominal complement

The nominal complement is the term of the sentence.


that, always preceded by a preposition (of, to,
with, in, by,…), completes the meaning of a
abstract noun, from an adjective or from a
adverbs that, by themselves, have incomplete meaning,
needing the nominal complement for
complete its meaning.

Nouns, adjectives, and adverbs of meaning


incomplete can be compared to verbs
transitive, which also require a term
that completes its meaning. For example: who
increase, increase something and when there is
increase, there is an increase in something. Thus,
we can conclude that to increase is a verb
transitive that requires a direct object and increase is
an abstract noun that requires a complement
nominal.

Examples of words that request


nominal complement
Abstract noun that requires a complement
nominal

Mariana is jealous of Tatiana.

Adjective that requires nominal complement:

I am still not aware of the changes.

Adverb that requests a nominal complement.


Pedro knows nothing about this news.

Examples of complement
nominal
Nominal complement represented by a
noun:

The construction of the building is finished.

Have you noticed the increase in birth rates?

Nominal complement represented by a


pronoun:

My brother misses you.

The dream is to be a famous singer.

Nominal complement represented by a


numeral:

The imagination of both is grandiose.

The hesitation of one can motivate the hesitation of another.


all.

Nominal complement represented by a


substantive subordinate clause completive
nominal

We all have hope that humanity


stop destroying the planet.
I feel the need for you to leave me
rest a little.

Attention!
So that there is no confusion between the complement
nominal and adjectival adjunct, pay attention:

If connected to an abstract noun,


adjective or adverb, always preceded by
a preposition is a nominal complement.
If it is connected to a concrete noun,
podendo ser ou não precedido de uma preposição, é
adnominal adjunct.

To complete the meaning of a name, it is


nominal complement.
To present accessory information to a name,
therefore being dispensable, it is an adjectival complement.

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