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2. Predicate (grammar) - Wikipedia

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   Predicates may also be collective or distributive. Collective predicates require their subjects to be somehow plural, while distributive ones do not. An example of a collective predicate is "formed a line". This predicate can only stand in a nexus with a plural subject: The students formed a line. — Collective predicate appears with plural ...

3. Predicative expression - Wikipedia

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   A predicative expression (or just predicative) is part of a clause predicate, and is an expression that typically follows a copula or linking verb, e.g. be, seem, appear, or that appears as a second complement of a certain type of verb, e.g. call, make, name, etc. [1] The most frequently acknowledged types of predicative expressions are predicative adjectives (also predicate adjectives) and ...

4. Logical grammar - Wikipedia

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   Erfurt's Modistae grammar also includes a transitive sentence. In his example "Plato strikes Socrates," Plato is the subject and "strikes Socrates" is the predicate relating to Plato. [5] More examples of predication are found in the rational grammars of the Age of Enlightenment, such as the Port-Royal grammar.

5. Subject complement - Wikipedia

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   The subject complement is bold in the following examples: The lake was a tranquil pool. – Predicative nominal; Here, was is a copula (a concomitant form of be) that links the subject complement a tranquil pool (which has the head noun pool), to the subject the lake (which has the head noun lake). The lake is tranquil. – Predicative adjective

6. English grammar - Wikipedia

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   The first published English grammar was a Pamphlet for Grammar of 1586, written by William Bullokar with the stated goal of demonstrating that English was just as rule-based as Latin. Bullokar's grammar was faithfully modeled on William Lily's Latin grammar, Rudimenta Grammatices (1534), used in English schools at that time, having been ...

7. Linking verb - Wikipedia

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   In addition to predicate adjectives and predicate nouns, [1] English allows for predicate prepositional phrases as well: John is behind the cocktail cabinet. [2] The following sentences include linking verbs. Roses are red. The detective felt sick. The soup tasted weird. Frankenstein's monster resembles a zombie. He quickly grew tired. You are ...