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0 In the sentence "He emerged victorious." The head judge at our Linguistics competition ruled that "emerged" is a linking verb and so "victorious" is a predicate adjective. My friend then asked if "left" could be used as a linking verb, in the sentence "He left satisfied." My guess was that "satisfied" was somehow functioning as an adverb, modifying "left". His reply was that "satisfied" can't be an adverb. We both tend to think that "left" can't be a linking verb, but he sees the situation as similar to "He emerged victorious." 02br
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0 Hello Guest 02br 02br 00I think they are elliptical forms of participle constructs. 02br 02br 00The boy came back singing a song. 02br 00She married young = She married being young.

  • 0 Hello Guest 02br 02br 00I think they are elliptical forms of participle constructs.
  • 02br 02br 00The boy came back singing a song.
  • 02br 00She married young = She married being young.
  • 02br 00He emerged victorious = He emerged being victorious.
  • 02br 00He left satisfied = He left being satisfied.
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0 Hello Guest 02br
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00I think they are elliptical forms of participle constructs. 02br
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00The boy came back singing a song. 02br
00She married young = She married being young. 02br
00He emerged victorious = He emerged being victorious. 02br
00He left satisfied = He left being satisfied. 02br
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0 I wonder why you feel that "leave" can't be a linking verb, especially if you accept that "emerge" can be a linking verb. Semantically, they both concern motion out, though as it turns out, that may be irrelevant. 02br
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00I suppose, in a way, we could define a linking verb as any verb which can occur in the construction Subject - Verb - Predicate Adjective. (I'll igno
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i need a verb, adverb, adjective for decision. can u plz tell me a verb, adverb and adjective for decision
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Hi,

i need a verb, adverb, adjective for decision. can u plz tell me a verb, adverb and adjective for decision

If you look in your dictionary at the word 'decision', very close to it you will find these words: decide / decisively / decisive.

Best wishes, Clive
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I know what an adjective is, but what is a predicate adjective? Further, what is a predicate?

Thanks,

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Hi,

I know what an adjective is, but what is a predicate adjective? Further, what is a predicate?

A predicate is what is said about the subject, eg in Mary cooked dinner, cooked dinner is the predicate.

A predicate (or predicative) adjective is one that is contained in the predicate followin

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