"She is a beautiful girl." "Beautiful" is called an attributive adjective because it is IN FRONT OF the noun. If you say, "She is beautiful," then it is called a predicate adjective because it's part of the

You know, I love this, because I have been battling the school (3rd grade) regarding this same subject. They don't know what they are teaching. Clive although your answers meet some of the requirements, please, if you can explain, why or what

what's the difference between a simple predicate and a verb?

Personally I just use what feels correct (for me) in each individual case. Same here. And nine times out of ten I make the agreement with the noun phrase immediately after "none of". I haven't introspected enough to be sure whether

Hi, what is the difference between a phrase and a clause? The answer really depends on what you have been taught about grammar. In other words, there are different definitions. I was taught a traditional form of grammar so let me quote

My brother lives in India . The verb "to live" is intransitive and does not take an object. "I sleep in my bed ." These are prepositional phrases acting adverbially, modifying the verb and telling where. The verb "to

1. Yes, the difference between a complex noun phrase and a simple one is that the complex noun phrase will contain at least one dependent clause. 2. That's one of the ways of identifying noun clauses. It isn't always east, though, as you

Hello, Eddie. Sorry about yesterday. I typed a long answer to your question about the noun clause, but when I hit "post" I was taken to a page that told me to come back later, because the forums were down -sort of- due to maintenance. I

the example which Thomas Tompion has checked in his previous post : "The fire was raging but I could open the door - i.e I did actually open the door.." I do not agree. For predicates which indicate an accomplishment or similar event,

"Who threw the stone?" (reply) "It is one of those who are angry." I don't think "one" is the subject of anything here. It's a predicate nominative, or "complement" of the verb "is."