The Complex Object
Subject
| Predicate
| Object
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| noun or pronoun
in the objective case
| (to)* + infinitive
| I/you/we/they
| expect/don’t expect
| me/you/him/
her/us/them
| to repair the car.
| he/she/it
| expects/doesn’t expect
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*Remember: to is never used after let, make, see, hear, feel, watch, notice, observe in the Active Voice: e.g. We watched the engineer make a hologram. Then he let us experiment with a laser.
The Complex Object is used after the main verbs denoting:
wish
| mental activity
| sense perception
| awareness
| inducement
| to want
to wish
to desire
need
I would like
(= I’d like)
| to suppose
to expect
to consider
to assume
to prove
to believe
to understand
to think
to find
| to see
to hear
to feel
to watch
to notice
to observe
| to know
to find
to note
to claim
to state
to declare
to pronounce
to announce
to report
| to make
to cause
to force
to let
to allow
to permit
to enable
to ask
to tell
to order
to command
| For example:
· We would like you to test the device.
· I consider him to be a professional in his field.
· She found the carburetor to be blocked.
· The engineer told us to stop the experiment.
· The teacher makes us study hard.
· He heard the engine start after a loud click.
Remember: The Infinitive in the Complex Object is often used in the Passive Voice but it is translated into Russian in the Active Voice and is placed before the noun.
For example:
· The engineer allowed the technology to be used. - Инженер разрешил использовать эту технологию
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