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Valinova Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Predicates, ack!
While I can recognize a complete predicate easily in a sentence such as "The audience spilled popcorn all over the floor", predicates in other types of sentences confuse me. Would the complete predicate in the following sentences REALLY be what I think?? (Highlighted sentences are my interpretations of the complete predicate)
- Once the convicts reached Australia, living conditions were dismal.
- In Biscayne Bay, foundered ships, numbering more than a hundred by 1850, rotted away.
- One ship became a reef, another a navigational hazard, and a third served as a tourist attraction.
- Defending his land claim —going all the way to the Supreme Court—took most of Jackson’s money.
- Jackson died in Melbourne in 1921, a poor and ruined man.
- The ramshackle mining camps had names such as Bong Bong, Dismal Swamp, Rooty Hill, and Dry Diggings.
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Valinova If I'm mistaken, please let me know. OK. (No need to let you know anything.
- Valinova If I'm mistaken, please let me know.
- OK.
- (No need to let you know anything.
- ) CJ
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ValinovaIf I'm mistaken, please let me know.OK. (No need to let you know anything.
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Thanks!
It seems to be, as a general rule, that the predicate starts at the verb and contains everything that follows (barring other subjects and their predicates) -- true?
It seems to be, as a general rule, that the predicate starts at the verb and contains everything that follows (barring other subjects and their predicates) -- true?
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ValinovaIt seems to be, as a general rule, that the predicate starts at the verb and contains everything that follows (barring other subjects and their predicates) -- true?As a general rule, yes. Not very difficult. And once you get the point, not very interesting either, is it, to find predicates?
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