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MaxineBoth predicate adjective and an adjective are adjectives, just used in different context and places within a sentence. A predicate adjective (PA) is an adjective that describes a quality of the subject, but it is separated from the subject by a linking verb (is, am, are, was were). Thus, it is in the predicate, hence predicate adjective.
ex.) I am happy.
I is the subject, and happy is the PA because it comes after the linking verb, and describes the subject.
Now, an adjective is word that describes a noun or pronoun, just like happy, sad, fast, boring, or any other thing you can say about a thing.
An adjective is a part of speech that qualifies noun but an abverb is a part of speech that qualifies verb or clauses and modifies something other than noun.
E.g. slow, fast, quick, good, bad, black, white, etc are adjective
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slowly, badly, shrewdly, knowingly, suddenly, etc are adverbs
A subject complement follows a linking verb and modifies or refers to the subject. A subject complement can be a noun or an adjective.
A predicate is the part of a sentence that is not the subject and its modifiers. A predicate is the verb and the words that follow that relate to that verb. A predicate can be one word or several words; a sentence can have one or more than one predicate (compound predicate).
A linking verb with a subject complement is a predicate. (In this sentence, the linking verb is 'is', and the subject complement is 'predicate', renaming the subject of the sentence, 'A linking verb with a subject complement')
It could be part of a "complete predicate" if it is part of an adverb phrase.
(e.g The big dog barked at the small cat.)
This assumes the predicate is traditionally defined: the entire sentence or clause excluding the subject.
However, adjectives which modify only the subject (e.g. The tall boy ran) would not be part of the predicate.
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Is followed by a predicate adjective or predicate noun that renames or describes the subject?
A subject complement is the predicate adjective or predicate noun that follows a linking verb to rename or describe the subject.
What is the subject complement in Joey is best dancer of the group?
The subject complement is the noun dancer.A subject complement is a noun, a pronoun, or an adjective that follows a linking verb and modifies or renames the subject.A linking verb acts as an equal sign, the subject is or becomes the object (Joey = dancer).A noun or pronoun functioning as a subject complement is called a predicate noun or a predicate nominative.An adjective functioning as a subject complement is called a predicate adjective.
What is the definition of predicate?
A predicate noun (more correctly called a predicative noun) is a type of complement. The complement element of a clause adds meaning to that of another clause element - either the subject (the subject complement), or the object (the object complement). A subject complement (Cs) renames the subject, for example in 'John is an accountant', 'John' is the subject and 'an accountant' is a subject complement (predicative noun). An object complement (Co) renames the object, for example in 'I find your children angels', 'children' is the object and 'angels' is an object complement (predicative noun). Be careful to avoid confusing 'predicative nouns' with 'predicative adjectives' - the latter describes rather than renames the subject or object. In the above examples if you replace 'an accountant' and 'angels' with 'fat' and 'charming' respectively, these would be predicative adjectives.
What part of speech that modifies a verb is called?
It is called, logically enough, a predicate adjective. It follows a linking verb (be, seems, looks) and refers to the subject. It can also be referred to as a subject complement.
What is the predicate noun in The electrician installed the light fixture?
There is no predicate noun (also called a subject complement) in the sentence, "The electrician installed the light fixture?"A predicate noun is a noun or a pronoun that follows a linking verb, restating or renaming the subject.Example: The electrician is my brother. (electrician = brother)
