Adverbial Complement
Although Adverbials (A) are optional, some sentences are incomplete without adverbial complements. For example, a sentence with put will not make sense if you do not say where something is put. e.g
Here, in the box is an Adverbial Complement Ac because although it looks and behave as an adverbial, it is NOT optional. Here is another example:
Here, outside the White House cannot be excluded. So although an adverbial it is compulsory, therefore aC or Ac
Please note !
Adverbial complements usually appear in the end-position. If the sentence contains other adverbs, then they appear before them.
- The child put the money .... in incomplete, but The child put the money in the box is complete.
Here, in the box is an Adverbial Complement Ac because although it looks and behave as an adverbial, it is NOT optional. Here is another example:
- The protesters were outside the White House
Here, outside the White House cannot be excluded. So although an adverbial it is compulsory, therefore aC or Ac
Please note !
Adverbial complements usually appear in the end-position. If the sentence contains other adverbs, then they appear before them.
- Put the money in the box now. (NOT *Put the money now in the box.)