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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing

Sentence patttern

"Jeena thought James was rude"

--please, can anyone tell me what kind of sentence pattern is in the example above?

if, jeena (is a subject) thought (verb) james (Indirect object) rude (complement) what about WAS?

Thanks so much!
  

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The whole clause '(that) James was rude' is the direct object of the verb 'thought'.

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The whole clause '(that) James was rude' is the direct object of the verb 'thought'.