THE COMPLEMENTS

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Complements are linguistic elements added to the essential parts of a sentence (subject and verb).

Examples:
" Marco parla. "
In this sentence there are only the subject and the verb, but the sentence has a complete meaning.

" Marco parla con Antonio di musica. "
In this sentence there are two added elements ('con Antonio', 'di musica') that enrich and specify the meaning of the preceding sentence.

Note:
In Italian there is a long list of complements distinguished according to their logic function.

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