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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. Subject (grammar) - Wikipedia

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   A simple sentence is defined as the combination of a subject and a predicate, but if no subject is present, how can one have a sentence? Subject-less clauses are absent from English for the most part, but they are not unusual in related languages. In German, for instance, impersonal passive clauses can lack a recognizable subject, e.g.

4. Sentence diagram - Wikipedia

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   Simple sentences in the Reed–Kellogg system are diagrammed according to these forms: The diagram of a simple sentence begins with a horizontal line called the base.The subject is written on the left, the predicate on the right, separated by a vertical bar that extends through the base.

5. Sentence clause structure - Wikipedia

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   Example: Abdul is happy. Jeanne is a person. I am she. Subject + Verb (transitive) + Indirect Object + Direct Object Example: She made me a pie. This clause pattern is a derivative of S+V+O, transforming the object of a preposition into an indirect object of the verb, as the example sentence in transformational grammar is actually "She made a ...

6. 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 ...

7. Sentence (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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   In linguistics and grammar, a sentence is a linguistic expression, such as the English example "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."In traditional grammar, it is typically defined as a string of words that expresses a complete thought, or as a unit consisting of a subject and predicate.

8. 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 ...

9. Dependent clause - Wikipedia

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   (Every clause contains a subject and predicate.) Here are some English examples: My sister cried because she scraped her knee. (complex sentence) Subjects: My sister, she; Predicates: cried, scraped her knee; Subordinating conjunction: because; When they told me (that) I won the contest, I cried, but I didn't faint. (compound-complex sentence)