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Roman Makarov Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Parts of sentence
What are the parts of this sentence?
- He is known to be a good student
"He" is a subject
"is known to be a good student" - is it a predicate? compound predicate? compound verbal/nominal predicate?
Should I take "is known", "to be" & "a good student" somehow separately?
- He is known to be a good student
"He" is a subject
"is known to be a good student" - is it a predicate? compound predicate? compound verbal/nominal predicate?
Should I take "is known", "to be" & "a good student" somehow separately?
Top answer
"Is known to be" is the verb phrase. "A good student" is the subject complement.
- "Is known to be" is the verb phrase.
- "A good student" is the subject complement.
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"Is known to be" is the verb phrase.
"A good student" is the subject complement.
"A good student" is the subject complement.
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Thank you for you reply, Englishmaven.
Could you please clarify: is the "verb phrase" still a part of the predicate "Is known to be a good student"?
Could you please clarify: is the "verb phrase" still a part of the predicate "Is known to be a good student"?
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