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This is a function, not a part of speech. That is, there is no such thing as a part of speech called a "predicate adjective". Most of your examples are nouns functioning as adjectives within a compound noun structure. If you need to know these for a class, check with the teacher or...

I suppose I should be going with my gut instincts with these...Rose petals, rose bushes, water slide, etc, these are the predicate adjectives Ice water is a noun..I am still uncertain about 'we will be back in one hour'.... 'will be' is linking, so I suppose back is the verb.... ...

I have a hard time deciding which word an adverb clause modifies in a sentence, examples: 1. Buy that coat now because it might be sold tomorrow. (A: because it might be sold tomorrow modifies the verb buy) I chos the adverb "now" because I thought the main emphasis/reason of the...

I was reading a website on English grammar. I came across a sentence which reads:"The old man wanted hide his money, for he feared his children would steal it from him."My quesiton is, why there is no "to" after "wanted"? Would someone shed some light on it?...

To me, there is nothing indecorous about "one-legged," but it sounds more natural preceding a noun than after "he is..." In other words, I would say "A one-legged man came into the room." but "He has only one leg" rather than "he is...

On second thoughts I believe Yoda would say: "My friend, Maria is." (OSV). Does that mean the predicate nominative is some kind of object? Sorry to be asking such stupid questions but this parser thing really has really baffled me by saying "my friend" was the subject.

So what happens if we were to reverse it: "My friend is Maria", are we also reversing the roles? And what if we were to add a comma: "My friend, is Maria" is that the same? Or is it now an inversion or some kind of Yodaspeak?

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...

actually, after examining this page, I'm convinced that they're drawing a secondary distinction..... they say that phrasal adjectives functioning as 'predicate adjectives' do not recieve hyphenation. I completely disagree with that opinion. example: a text-based...

Hello, Twinkletoes.No, that's not what I'm saying. "things to do" is the direct object of "have", the main verb of the sentence. "To do" would be a clause (a non-finite one) even if "things" weren't there or if it had some other type of...