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I like _to study_

He asked _to go_

I want _to learn_ all that I can

In this last sentence, the infinitive, _to learn_, is the direct object of the verb _want_ The object of the infinitive, _to learn_, is _all that I can_ All of this taken together with the verb _want_, forms the complete predicate, _want to learn all that I can_

+429+ +The participle may also be used as the object of a verb+, thus:

We heard the _thundering_ of the cannon

We enjoyed the _dancing_

Do you hear the _singing_ of the birds?

In these sentences, the participles _thundering_, _dancing_, and _singing_ are the objects of the verbs _heard_, _enjoyed_ and _do hear_

+430+ +An adjective used as a noun may also be used as the object of a verb+, thus:

I saw the _rich_ and the _poor_ struggling together

The struggle for existence crushes the _weak_

Seek the _good_ and the _true_

In these sentences the adjectives _rich_, _poor_, _weak_, _good_ and _true_, are used as nouns and are the objects of the verbs _saw_, _crushes_ and _seek_

VERBS OF STATE OR CONDITION

We have found that with the incomplete verbs of state or condition, or copulative verbs, the predicate complement may be either a noun, as, _The man is a hero_; or an adjective, as, _The man is class-conscious_; or a phrase, as, _The man is in earnest_

The predicate complement may also be:

+431+ +A pronoun+; as,

Who is she?

That was he

This is I

In these sentences the subjects of the verbs are _she_, _that_ and _this_, and the pronouns _who_, _he_ and _I_ are used as predicate complements

+432+ +Infinitives may also be used as the predicate conorant is _to renorant_, is the subject of the copulative verb _is_, and the infinitive, _to remain_, with its complement, _a slave_, is the predicate complement

+433+ +A participle used as a noun may also be used as the predicate co of _, in this sentence is a participle of the verb _le_, but is used as a noun, the predicate complement of the verb _is_ _Society_ is the subject of the verb

Where the present participle is used to form a verb phrase, the participle is part of the verb phrase, thus: