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In the above sentences bishop is predicate nominative and holy is...
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Jackson6612  #367069  Fri, 18 May 07 01:46 PM

1: Ambrose was bishop.

2: Ambrose was holy.

In the above sentences bishop is predicate nominative and holy is subject complement. Correct?
  
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Mister Micawber  #367290  Sat, 19 May 07 12:43 AM

They are both subject complements.  Bishop is a predicate nominative and holy is a predicate adjective.
  
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Jackson6612  #367294  Sat, 19 May 07 12:59 AM

 Mister Micawber wrote:

They are both subject complements.  Bishop is a predicate nominative and holy is a predicate adjective.


Dear MM,

Do you mean predicate nominative and predicate adjective subsets of subject complement? If they are, then are there any other subsets besides them?
  
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CalifJim  #367296  Sat, 19 May 07 01:07 AM
Well, there's

Ambrose was home.

I'd be interested to see what home is called in that sentence myself.
Is it a subset of subject complements?  Since it is a complement, I would think so.  What else could it be the complement of (i.e., the completer of)?  And yet ...  I've never encountered the term predicate adverbial. That doesn't mean the term doesn't exist.

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Jackson6612  #369086  Wed, 23 May 07 12:15 AM
 Jackson6612 wrote:

 Mister Micawber wrote:

They are both subject complements.  Bishop is a predicate nominative and holy is a predicate adjective.


Dear MM,

Do you mean predicate nominative and predicate adjective subsets of subject complement? If they are, then are there any other subsets besides them?

HELP!
  
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Mister Micawber  #369099  Wed, 23 May 07 12:34 AM

CJ handled your question as well as I would have been able to.
  
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