Asked by rfvv
                1. You must keep your dog on a leash.
2. Your dog is on a leash.
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Is 'on a leash' an adverbial phrase or an adjective phrase in #1 and #2?
Is 'on a leash' an object complement in #1?
            
        2. Your dog is on a leash.
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Is 'on a leash' an adverbial phrase or an adjective phrase in #1 and #2?
Is 'on a leash' an object complement in #1?
Answers
                    Answered by
            Reed
            
    It's an adjective phrase modifying or completing the dog, so it's an objective complement. In the second sentence it is a predicate adjective completing the phrase "your dog is..."
It's an adjective phrase, modifying dog
                    Answered by
            Reed
            
    In the first sentence "dog" is the direct object of the verb "keep". In the second, the "dog" is the subject followed by the intransitive verb "is", but still modifies "dog".
    
                    Answered by
            Reed
            
    BTW, Writeteacher or Ms. Sue may disagree with me. We'll see. :)
    
                    Answered by
            Ms. Sue
            
    As Reed predicted, I disagree with him.
In the first sentence, "on a leash" is an adverb phrase, modifying "keep."
    
In the first sentence, "on a leash" is an adverb phrase, modifying "keep."
                    Answered by
            Reed
            
    That was my first "impulse", too, but I looked it up in Walsh. You're probably right, but we could argue. LOL
    
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