<P> In grammar, a complement is a word, phrase or clause that is necessary to complete the meaning of a given expression . Complements are often also arguments (i.e., expressions that help complete the meaning of a predicate). There are indicative as well as non-indicative complements in languages . Non-indicative complements follow the appropriate complementizers . Indicative complements do not follow complementizers, but instead are included with special markers and clauses . </P> <P> In many non-theoretical grammars, the terms subject complement and object complement are employed to denote the predicative expressions (e.g. predicative adjectives and nominals) that serve to assign a property to a subject or object, e.g. </P>

What is the meaning of complement in english grammar