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Hanuman_2000 Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Predicative adjective

Hello,

1. He is an intelligent girl.

1. My house is very big.

Are both the adjective in (1) as well as in (2) predicative?

Thanks.
  

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No, "intelligent" is attributive since it comes right before the noun it modifies. You mean " She is an intelligent girl".

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  • No, "intelligent" is attributive since it comes right before the noun it modifies.
  • You mean " She is an intelligent girl".
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No, "intelligent" is attributive since it comes right before the noun it modifies.

You mean "She is an intelligent girl".
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Hello,
Thanks.

I was in the impression that the adjective which is in the predicative part of the sentence, is called
an predicative adjective.
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hanuman_2000I was in the impression that the adjective which is in the predicative part of the sentence, is calledan predicative adjective.
It is the relationship between the adjective and the noun it modifies that determines whether an adjective is predicative or attributive. If an adjective comes directly before the noun it modifies then it is always attribu
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