A number of dots, usually three, which are used to show that something has been missed out from a sentence. They have two main uses:
 To reduce the length of a quotation, and/or to cut it down to its essentials:
Endearing anecdotes about the great man follow, the sort that ‘cling … to all really great journalists’.
 In Direct speech to show that the speaker did not complete what he or she was saying:
‘I really have to sit down’.
‘Just see if you can go a little …’
Zero collapsed.
Some writers prefer to use a Dash for this purpose:
‘I really have to sit down’.
‘Just see if you can go a little –‘
Zero collapsed.
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Part of a clause that completes the Object. In statements it follows the object and refers to the same person, place, or thing:
Subject Verb Object Object Complement
She appointed him deputy party chairman
The object complement can be:
 A Noun:
I appointed him skipper.
 An Adjective or Adjective Phrase:
Cameron made him uneasy.
 A Noun Phrase:
Both the ancient universities made him an honorary doctor.
 A Noun Clause:
He made it what it is today.
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In a statement the object:
 Normally comes after the Verb.
 Is governed by the verb.
 Refers to a person, place, thing, or idea that is different from the Subject.
 Often refers to a person, place, thing, or idea that is acted on or affected by the subject.
 Can be a noun, a pronoun, a noun phrase, or a noun clause:
REST OF SENTENCE OBJECT TYPE
She lost consciousness. Noun
She lost it. Pronoun
She lost her libel case. Noun Phrase
Most families what was virtually Noun Clause
their only source of income.
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A group words built up round a single noun, which is called the Headword of the phrase. The noun phrases that follow all have the same headword, books:
Books.
Some books.
Some books about photography.
Some excellent books about photography.
Some really excellent books about photography.
In clauses noun phrases can be:
 Subject:
The hairy hand holding out the review to her was insistent.
 Object:
Harry lifted his bushy eyebrows at Elizabeth.
 Subject Complement:
It was a stirring tune.
 Object Complement:
But now the party faithful have appointed him crisis manager of a party still threatened by disintegration.
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A subordinate clause in a complex sentence forming one of the following elements:
 Subject:
What they want to do next is to use deuterium and tritium in the machine.
 Object:
We don’t just let them do what they want to do.
 Subject Complement:
This what they want to do.
 Object Complement:
He made it what it is today.
A noun clause can also be the object of a Preposition:
Women make their own minds up about what they want to do.
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