Analyze the following scheme, point out the elements of the sentence and the predicative construction. Compare it to the scheme of the same construction with the Infinitive

History of Complex Object’s Appearance

Everybody, who starts to learn English, meets strange construction on first impression, like I want her to come. Literal translation on your own language sounds odd and illogical.

Probing deeper, one may discover that Latin language is the reason of this construction’s appearance. Modern European languages arise from it, mainly from Latin texts. Translation of Catholic texts is the reason of first texts’ appearance on the European languages.

English is not the exception from the rules. One had to translate variety of Latin creation on the English after Henry VIII had quarreled with Catholic Church and decided to introduce own Anglican Church. Because Latin creation was in high amount, translators even left Latin construction of phrases as also key points of Past Continuous in the result. Complex Object was among these constructions. So, how did Complex Object appear in Latin language?

Romans always tried to make their language more laconic, simplify and compress the information. It just happened that they got one sentence: ego scio eum venire from two short sentences (ego scio “I know” and is venit “He will come”) How did it happen? The verb of first sentence (in our case “know”) made from second sentence two independent objects – two dependent from it in parallel words (know + him + come). This verb of the first sentence as though paralyzes both words from subordinate clause and makes them dependent from itself. The most dependent condition of noun and pronoun is Accusative Сase with verb (Direct Object) and the most dependent form of verb is Infinitive. Verbs are not used in themselves in form of Infinitive.

Is it more understandable for you, dear reader, for now? Let us go on further way of Complex Object’s learning. We have enough grammatical material for you. Look here all information about Indefinite Article: http://edit-it.org/blog/everything-about-indefinite-article.