Predicators Vs. Predicates. A grammar expert, Please!

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Hi,I have an exam tomorrow, and I need your help:He will be coming home soon.In this sentence: the predicate is your sentence-the subject, which means: will be coming home soon. Right?The operator is: Will, right?and finally: the predicatorthe verb is: will be coming....but I'm not sure.And in this sentence: She is nice(Is) is both an operator and a predicator..........Correct?!!!So please tell me whether I was correct or not.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

He will be coming home soon.
In this sentence: the predicate is your sentence-the subject, which means: will be coming home soon. Right?

Yes, the verb phrase will be coming home soon is the predicate of the larger matrix clause (i.e. the sentence).

The operator is: Will, right?

Yes, the operator of the larger matrix clause (i.e. the sentence) is will.

the predicator~~the verb~~ is: will be coming....but I'm not sure.

Yes, it's the predicator of the larger matrix clause (i.e. the sentence).

osama91 And in this sentence: She is nice
(Is) is both an operator and a predicator..........Correct?!!!

Here, I'd just call the predicator is an auxiliary verb which is functioning as head of the verb phrase (the predicate) is nice.

Does that help?

Osama91 · Answer

Thank you, Anonymous!

Witty purple · Answer

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