The Noun Complement: #9 Form Classification

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  • Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
  • Today, I’m taking a break from good, old-fashioned, hard work. So, if you’ll allow me . . .
    ERROR ALERT: At 8:29, I SHOULD have said Common NOUN, NOT common “name.”
    The key point of this “review” video is to let the viewer know that my breakthrough in finding heretofore “hidden" Noun Complements was the result of (1) fully understanding the definition of Proper Noun; and (2) proving that the Appositive can NOT be “restrictive,” as academia will tell you.
    To this point, then, in my 30-year study, we would, technically, have only SIX "main forms" of Noun Complements:
    (1) Prepositional Phrase
    (2) Infinitive Phrase
    (3) Noun Clause
    (4) Proper Noun
    (5) Distinction Phrase/Clause (formerly: Relative Clause)
    (6) Adjective/Adjective Phrase
    The category of “Proper Noun” (number 4) can be sensibly divided into 4 sub-categories:
    (1) Proper Noun: A Proper Noun complements a Proper Name. Example: President Truman; President = complement
    (2) Proper Name: A Proper Name complements a Common Noun. Example: my sister Jenny; Jenny = complement
    (3) Proper Name: A Proper Name complements a Proper Name. Example: Jenny Lynn; Lynn = complement (The Complement Name complements a Given Name.)
    (4) Proper Name: A Proper Name complements a Proper Name. Example 1: Jenny Keller; Jenny = complement. Example 2: Jenny Lynn Keller; Jenny Lynn = complement (The Complement Name complements a Family Name; the Complement Phrasal Name complements the Family Name.)
    The category of “Proper Noun” (number 4) could ALSO be divided into ONLY 3 sub-categories:
    (1) Proper Noun: A Proper Noun complements a Proper Name. Example: President Truman; President = complement
    (2) Proper Name 1: A Proper Name complements a Common Noun. Example: my sister Jenny; Jenny = complement
    (3) Proper Name 2: A Proper Name complements a Proper Name. Examples 1: Jenny Lynn; Lynn = complement. Example 2: Jenny Keller; Jenny = complement. Example 3: Jenny Lynn Keller; Jenny Lynn = complement
    OR . . . ONLY 2 sub-categories:
    (1) A Proper Noun complements a Common Noun
    (2) A Proper Noun complements a Proper Noun
    (Good Lord! Will this never end?)

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