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Scarf witty 274 Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

Simple predicate or complete predicate

Hi,


In this sentence, is is ringing the simplempredicate, or the complete predicate:

“ the sound of the bell is ringing.”

Thanks

  

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” There are no other words in the predicate except "is ringing", and that's a verb form, so "is ringing" is both the simple predicate and the complete predicate. If you had "The sound of the bell is ringing in my ears", then "is ringing" would be the simple predicate, and "is ringing in my ears" would be the complete predicate. CJ

— CalifJim

  • ” There are no other words in the predicate except "is ringing", and that's a verb form, so "is ringing" is both the simple predicate and the complete predicate.
  • If you had "The sound of the bell is ringing in my ears", then "is ringing" would be the simple predicate, and "is ringing in my ears" would be the complete predicate.
  • CJ
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scarf witty 274In this sentence, is "is ringing" the simple predicate, or the complete predicate:

“The sound of the bell is ringing.”

There are no other words in the predicate except "is ringing", and that's a verb fo

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