By Predicates, Verbs

Hello! What's up? Hope every1's fine. Now, the reason I posted... My cruel, evil (but okay) teacher gave me some homework and I can't figure out one problem: 1- In the sentence: "The charge for the repair work on the car was very low.", the phrase "for the repair work" is prepositional,...

Excellent question, Wushu. Yes, "horse" and "retard" are both nouns. And in this case, each is a predicate nominative -- a noun or pronoun that follows a linking verb and refers to the subject. Linking verbs can be followed by nouns or adjectives: e.g., "retard" or "retarded." The other...

The correct versions are "It's he", "It's she", "It's we" and "It's I." Whenever the verb is a form of "to be" (be, am, is, are, was, were, been), the predicate is subjective. That's standard English. Most speakers of the language, however, would use the incorrect version in conversation. ...

Wow, this was an interesting post, "english-test"! But let me make a few additions to your thoughts: >>When discussing cultural differences between nations I think we should always bear in mind a number of things: - people have much more in common than sets them apart regardless of their...

Also after forms of 'to be', a predicate adjective (instead of an adverb) has to be used: The food is good (instead of: The food is well). A predicate adjective usually follows the >predicate in a sentence, unlike an attributive adjective, which is followed by a noun: The slow car. (slow =...

I haven't heard of ' Corrosponding verbs " :P Regarding ' predicate adjective ', eg. The food smells good. ( good is predicate adjective ) because it is after the copula verb ' smells ' instead of a verb to be ' is ' ' are ' ' was or were '.

Hello Teachers, Could you tel me the meaning of the following grammar terms :- Corrosponding verbs predicate adjective Please make it simple as possible as you can ? Thanks

" before the school play " is an adverb phrase modifying ' went '. It is an adverb phrase of time. Yes a clause must have a subject and predicate, but phrase is just a combination of a few words

AT JOHN 1:1 the King James Version reads: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." Trinitarians claim that this means that "the Word" (Greek, ho lo'gos) who came to earth as Jesus Christ was Almighty God himself. Someone who is "with" another person...

Yes, whl you're right! >>"Learning may be easy, if you are learning from a good teacher, but teaching is work." Verbs in this sentence are: may, be; are, learning; is may & be; are & learning belong together - they build the predicate of each part of the sentence - in this sentence, "may"...