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Winndara Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Predicative Adjective vs Predicative

Can you please tell me - is there any (if any) difference between these two terms: predicative adjective and predicative.

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'Predicate' or 'predicative' adjectives appear after the subject noun or noun phrase: My house is big and brown . 'Big' and 'brown' are both predicate adjectives. 'Predicative' alone is an adjective and refers to any part of a sentence that follows the subject noun; 'predicate' is an adjective or noun and as a noun it ('complete predicate') refers to everything but the subject in a sentence, while the 'simple predicate' refers to the verb phrase only: The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dogs .

— Mister Micawber

  • 'Predicate' or 'predicative' adjectives appear after the subject noun or noun phrase: My house is big and brown .
  • 'Big' and 'brown' are both predicate adjectives.
  • 'Predicative' alone is an adjective and refers to any part of a sentence that follows the subject noun; 'predicate' is an adjective or noun and as a noun it ('complete predicate') refers to everything but the subject in a sentence, while the 'simple predicate' refers to the verb phrase only: The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dogs .
  • -- 'jumped over the lazy dogs' is the complete predicate and 'jumped' is the simple predicate.
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'Predicate' or 'predicative' adjectives appear after the subject noun or noun phrase: My house is big and brown. 'Big' and 'brown' are both predicate adjectives.

'Predicative' alone is an adjective and refers to any part of a sentence that follows the subject noun; 'predicate' is an adjective or noun and as a noun it ('complete predicate') refers to everything but t
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