In Predicates^x, Word order^x

Saw this in a text: "What I lack is words..." Sounded immediately odd to my ear. Although I realize the predicate is ambiguous here, i.e.: "THAT WHICH I LACK is X " However, this sounds natural: "Words ARE what I lack." And it shouldn't be the case that word order affects...

I'm afraid I disagree with Miriam. Predicative means 'of the predicate'. The predicate of a sentence is the part that describes the state of the subject. For example, in the sentence 'He is sporty', "He" is the subject, "is sporty" is the predicate. Therefore a predicative...

Pemmican wrote:Wow, this was an interesting post, "english-test"! But let me make a few additions to your thoughts: >>When discussing cultural differences between nations I think we should always bear in mind a number of things: - people have much more in common than sets them apart...

Hello Roh I'm sorry I misaddressed you. I thought you might be my old friend Roro/Viogner who once posted here a lot. Anyway it doesn’t matter whether you are she or not. Personally I'm interested in the concept of "ergative" just to learn English. Some transitive verbs are rarely used in a...

1. "Gone are": predicate. "all those golden dreams": subject. 2. "The golden dreams":subject. "are gone": predicate. Sentence #1 is "literary" or used when you want to sound "dramatic". Sentence #2 has the usual word order of English sentences. Miriam

In both sentences, the subject is 'dreams' and the predicate is 'are gone'. Inverted word order does not affect the functions.

The problem here is the word order: In a usual sentence (main clause or subordinate clause), the word order is Subject-Predicate-Object (O): "He told me where you are." Even in an interrogative clauses, this word order remains: "Can you(S) tell(V) me where you are?". (Can here is an auxiliary...

Wow, this was an interesting post, "english-test"! But let me make a few additions to your thoughts: >>When discussing cultural differences between nations I think we should always bear in mind a number of things: - people have much more in common than sets them apart regardless of their...