I'm a bit confused between objects and complements.
Can someone explain why in the sentence: "Jared has a big nose", 'nose' is the object?
I'm confused because nothing acts upon 'nose'. I can't see how 'nose' is governed by the verb.
To me it seems more like a complement because it links to the subject; although 'nose' doesn't equate to 'Jared'.
Thanks in advance,
First, it's important to grasp that an object is one kind of complement. Obligatory items are always complements: they are needed to complete the verb phrase. In your example "a big nose" is obligatory and thus must be a complement.
Another common kind of complement is a 'predicative complement', typically a word or phrase that is linked to the subject by the verb and which (put simply) describes the subject, e.g. "Mike is a genius". But clearly Jared is not a big nose (though he may have one!) so that rules it out as being a predicative complement.
In your example, "a big nose" is said to be an object because it is being directly acted on by virtue of being 'possessed' by Jared.