By Difference between, Predicates

Maria is my friend. Maria is the subject. my friend is the predicate nominative. My faith and my morning coffee are my salvation. My faith and my morning coffee is the subject. my salvation is the predicate nominative. The verb agrees with the subject. Five dollars is not a lot to pay for...

There are six patterns involving a predicate complement of the object. The complement can be a noun phrase (NP) or an adjective phrase (AP). NP V NP NP | NP V NP AP NP V NP to be NP | NP V NP to be AP NP V NP as NP | NP V NP as AP The same verb can often take more than one 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...

These two terms fall into two different categories: predicate is a part of sentence and verb or verb phrase is a part of speech.Ania Kieturakis

Most past participle (-ed) forms can serve as adjectives, and they won't be listed in the dictionaries as such unless there is a peculiarity about them, as with crooked or sunken. It is sometimes not easy to judge whether you are confronted with a passive form (She was astounded by the passing...

Anonymous wrote: Are you able to help me with my homework? (seems to me that this sentence should be used in a situation in which I am not sure that the person I'm addressing has the knowledge to help me ) This would rather be 'Are you capable of helping me with my homework?' I guess. ...

If it is commonly used by native writers and speakers, that seems a good enough reason for calling it standard. Meaning is derived from consensus, after all. However there is a difference between how native speakers use their language, and how some people think they should use their language....

In the wider definition, there is no difference; they are the same. In a narrower definition also used, a verb phrase is only part of the predicate-- it includes only the direct verbal forms (auxiliaries, participles, etc):I have been skiing all day.I -- Subjecthave been skiing all day --...

All predicates are a verb phrase, but the reverse is not true.