By Predicates, Verbs

Hi, Anon, I should probably keep out of this. I don't think they used the expression "complement" when I was in school. The type of action the verb describes often limits its function. ...

It -- Swill make-- Vthem-- DOwise-- Object ComplementThe topic of complements is a broad and complex one, but here is a good basic introduction from an on-line source:Complement A complement is used with verbs like be, seem, look etc. Complements give more information about the...

Here, they are all good sentences and lead essentially to the same result:1. The shop closed down. (finished past action-- closed is the simple past tense of the verb close) 2. The shop is closed down. (present condition-- closed is the past participle used as a predicate adjective) 3. The shop...

Received. Thank you very much! Maybe I mixed "referred" with "were referred", which are a participle and the predicate verb respectively. Is the following sentence correct? Broadly speaking the major internal organs are attributed functions in Chinese medicine that coincide partially with...

I can only tell you my experiences as a parent. My older daugher is 10. This year, she brought home papers in which she had to identify things like the simple subject, the complete subject, the simple predicate, the complete predicate, etc. She also had exercises last year on whether something...

plzz help me with this in each sentence i hv 2 find the subject complement and the linking verb //and whether its a predicate nominative or predicate adjective <e-mail removed by mod> thank u soo much here r the sentences 1. last night the honking geese sounded lonely 2.usually...

Do you know what is predicate or verb? Here is and was are predicates. And I comment it like that: If there is was in the sentence, that means the action was done in the past. But if there is is in the sentence then it wil be done in the future for the first time.

My try: I think verb/predicate plays and important role in the meaining. He was the first man to step on the moon--- He stepped first on the moon. He is the first man to step on the moon--- He will step first on the moon.

The examples you have given use be + -ed as linking verb + predicate adjective.

Your questions reveal the limitations of the traditional technical vocabulary for discussing grammatical structures! You can think of infinitives as a direct objects of the verb want. On the other hand, want takes a clause as its complement. I want (He helps us). But the complement...