Predicate Nominative/ Predicate Adjective !HELP!

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#433960 Tue, 23 Oct 07 09:32 PM

Sorry - I'm new to this forum and can't figure out how else to post except to reply to your post. One more predicate noun/adjective question. The grammar book gives examples like:

Predicate noun: The cat is black.

Predicate adj: The cat is mangy.

But then the very first sentence where I'm supposed to identify p. noun or p. adj. says:

The teacher was a tall man.

So is there both a p. adj and a p. noun there or is the adjective not considered predicate? None of the examples had a noun being modified by an adjective, so I really don't know what to put!

Thanks,

Emily

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Grammar, Nouns, Predicates, Nominative

Clive

#433967 Tue, 23 Oct 07 10:02 PM

Hi,

One more predicate noun/adjective question. The grammar book gives examples like:

Predicate noun: The cat is black. 'Black' is an adjective here, not a noun.

Predicate adj: The cat is mangy.

But then the very first sentence where I'm supposed to identify p. noun or p. adj. says:

The teacher was a tall man. I'd say that the predicate consists of the phrase 'a tall man', which is made up of a noun qualified by an adjective. I don't see why you shouldn't call these two words 'a predicate noun' and 'a predicate adjective'.

So is there both a p. adj and a p. noun there or is the adjective not considered predicate? None of the examples had a noun being modified by an adjective, so I really don't know what to put!

Best wishes, Clive

Clive

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Grammar, Nouns, Predicates, Nominative

Anonymous

#444248 Tue, 20 Nov 07 02:29 AM

Ahhh!!! i have a test soon on this stuff and i dont quite understand Predicate nouns and Predicate adjectives. How would you find and label them in a sentance?

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