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Towel slide Posted 9 years ago
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Predicate nominatives

Can predicate nominatives be part of a prepositional phrase?

  

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towel slide Can predicate nominatives be part of a prepositional phrase? No, but can you give an example of a sentence that you think has this? CJ

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  • towel slide Can predicate nominatives be part of a prepositional phrase?
  • No, but can you give an example of a sentence that you think has this?
  • CJ
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towel slide

Can predicate nominatives be part of a prepositional phrase?

No, but can you give an example of a sentence that you think has this?

CJ

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I don't understand your question.

A prepositional phrase has an object (complement).

A predicate nominative is a complement of a copulative verb.

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towel slide

Can predicate nominatives be part of a prepositional phrase?

Yes, but only as an objective predicative:

“Ed regards Sam as a friend”.

Here, “Sam” is direct object and “a friend” is a predicative since it refers to the direct object “Sam”, called the “predicand”.

But note that “a friend” is not a co

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