By Predicates, Verbs

Anonymous wrote: Please tell me the names of parts. 1. This is John/an apple. 2. There is John/an apple. 3. That person/thing is John/an apple. ??? Are you looking for the term "predicate nominative" (the word in the predicate/verb that renames the subject of the sentence)?

Categories or Parts of Speech he - pronoun he - noun phrase (NP)* is - verb a - article nice - adjective person - noun a nice person - noun phrase (NP)* is a nice person - verb phrase (VP)* *These designations come from a system of analysis called 'transformational...

5 Miss Kitty subject + was rude predicate + at the table adverbial +one day. adverbial 10 The earth subject+ revolves round predicate+ the sun. object 12 The sea subject + had predicate +many thousand sands.? objectSentence Structure = Subject Verb Adverbial --This sentence is gramamtically...

PLEASE CHECK THE STRUCTURE OF THE SENTENCES TYPED BELOW DO CORRECT ME WHERE I AM MISTAKEN. 1 The crackling of the geese saved Rome. Sentence Structure = Subject Verb Object 2 The boy stood on the burning deck. Sentence Structure = Subject Verb Adverbial 3 Tubal Cain was a man of...

And please let me know the definition of ''compound nominal predicate--- I told you my thought about it. You should learn it yourself. 1: What is the difference between categories and functions?- -- Think about functions as jobs and categories as names. 2: I never heard anyone calling is...

Hi Doll, Calm down Jackson. You will find the answer you want in the end. If you don't want any other person to answer your posts, please add " teachers reply only" .And what is wrong with learning other sides of point? I think it is a chance for you to learn compound nominal predicate. By...

Calm down Jackson. You will find the answer you want in the end. If you don't want any other person to answer your posts, please add " teachers reply only" .And what is wrong with learning other sides of point? I think it is a chance for you to learn compound nominal predicate. By the way, don't...

Jackson6612 wrote: Hi G.G. 1: What do you mean by ''I'm assuming you mean immediately after...''? In answering your question, I made the assumption that you wanted to know about adjectives that came immedately after the nouns they modify, not predicate adjectives. In "He is happy" happy is...

So, do you mean ''he is family'' isn't a sentence? Hi, I didn't say "he is family" is not a sentence. "He is family" IS a sentence, (though maybe someone would argue its semantic ambiguity.) The following examples are all sentences. She is pretty. (Pretty is an adj, functioning as a...

Here's another one denying that errors by native speakers are possible: "This goes back to the whole descriptivism versus prescriptivism matter, even though such is in a written context. Aside from purely orthographic matters like spelling, since when can you say that a usage by a native speaker...