In Predicates^x, Verbs^x

Hi, The example sentence is Some of you will take this test tomorrow I have to identify the simple subject and simple predicate I have written Simple subject=You The subject is some of you. I guess you could say the simple subject is some. Simple predicate=Will take This is the predicate...

Be has many meanings, Abmateen: verb : spend or use time ( Example: "I may be an hour" ) verb : work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function verb : have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) verb : have life, be alive ...

My American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language lists up as both adverb and adjective. Under adjective one of the definitions is finished; over. His time was up . here is listed only as an adverb, however, so the question of how to analyze It is here is indeed somewhat...

Hi, Directions say: Identify subordinate clause and tell whether it is an adjective clause, adverb clause, or a noun clause. 1) Along a racetrack, he set up many cameras whose shutters were controlled by threads stretched across the track.: adjectival clause OK 2) They were the first...

Directions say: Identify subordinate clause and tell whether it is an adjective clause, adverb clause, or a noun clause. 1) Along a racetrack, he set up many cameras whose shutters were controlled by threads stretched across the track.: adjectival clause 2) They were the first artists...

I don't think there are any sentences in English with the pattern noun is adverb I've heard of a predicate noun and of a predicate adjective, but never of a predicate adverb. Therefore up is an adjective in both cases, equivalent to the adjectives expired and risen ,...

Hi again, It's interesting, but odd, for me to discuss my language in such abstract terms. Let me try a few comments, although linguistics is not my field. The subject can be identified by the question, 'who'. + Other possibilities, eg 'What?' No question elicits the predicate in a...

The subject can be identified by the question, 'who'. No question elicits the predicate in a sentence. However, if we divide the sentence into subject, operator, predication, the last constituent can be elicited. What does it mean: "We shall consider the operator in more detail later, but...

Hi, She hoped that they would play Mozart quartet and they will. She hoped that they would play Mozart quartet but they won't. How can I decide which the operator is in a sentence? predicate=operator+predication. I'm not familiar with the term 'operator' as it is used here, but it sounds to...

Hi Milky You've got a very good point. Personally I don't care too much about grammatical terms and try to use as few as possible. The problem is made worse by the fact that to speakers of different languages these terms sometimes mean different things. I have encountered grammatical terms in EF...