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According to the X bar theory, the subject in the VP projection of D-structure gets the nominative case when it moves to the IP projection in S-structure. It means the nominative case in a predicate clause appears only before a finite verb for usual verbs. It would be the reason why people feel...

Hello Welkins I agree with you someway. "Wrongly" is a manner adverb. We can move it before the adverb. "He wrongly spelled my name". On the other hand, "wrong" can be parsed as a 'resultative second-predicate adjective'. "He spelled my name, but the spelling was wrong". But I cannot get the...

1-- The which clause can indeed be considered an adverbial, modifying the whole predicate, was veiled in a thin cloud-curtain . (The whole process of veiling her diffuses, etc, her radiance.) I think a case could equally be made for its being a simple adjectival clause modifying...

Hello Anon It is a rule of English that the subject stands before the verb in a plain predicative sentence. (1) The President is George Bush. (2) George Bush is the President. The two sentences seem the same in the meaning, but strictly speaking, they are slightly different. #1 says "The...

Hello Tallulah I'm a learner from Japan. Could you let me answer your question? Tallulah Tam wrote: Is it not true that every complete sentence has a subject and predicate? Yes or No? Yes, in most cases, but there are exceptions. The exceptions are imperative sentences, and "Take that off my...

Hello Tallulah The grammatical subject of a sentence isn't necessarily the same as the "subject matter". In this sentence, for instance – 1. My girlfriend ran off with the milkman . – the grammatical subject of the sentence is "my girlfriend"; the predicate is "ran off with the...

Hello Teo The problem you are raising is tough to discuss. The constructions <S V C> and <S V O C> where C is an adjective depicting the subject's state are called "subject-related depictive construct" or "subject-related secondary predicate". The last term indicates that the...

Anon, You asked for the simple subject and predicate. (that's my trouble I don't always read questions properly - take note, you lose lots of marks that way). The simple subject and predicate in the example I gave: "My baby is in the garden," is as follows:- Subject:- baby Verb:- is...

Just as "too" is added to a second, similar affirmative statement, "either" is added to a second, similar negative statement. The two cannot be interchanged. In this pattern two different subjects have the same predicate. Canada requires this, and Mexico requires this . We can...

With "to be" there won't be an object, so yes, I agree that there won't be a case of "who?" + "to be" where "who" functions as the object. But change "object" to "predicate complement" and you will find cases where "who" functions as predicate complement. To borrow from the thread...