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Urribarri Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Subject Complement=Predicative Complement?
Hey guys so i just when i think i'm grasping this i get confused i'm reading the Huddlestone an Pullum Introduction to English Grammar and i'm assuming a subject complement is a predicative complement right? so in the example This is a clear threat our security the underlined is a predicative complement or a subject complement and i can prove this by turning it into a passive clause so A clear threat to our security this was doesn't make sense right??
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A clear threat to our security this was. Yes, that makes sense, though it is very reminiscent of Yoda English.
- A clear threat to our security this was.
- Yes, that makes sense, though it is very reminiscent of Yoda English.
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A clear threat to our security this was.
Yes, that makes sense, though it is very reminiscent of Yoda English.
Yes, that makes sense, though it is very reminiscent of Yoda English.
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oh ok so the underlined isn't a predicative complement? Predicative complements and subject complements aren't the same thing?
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ok so if i wanted to prove something was a predicative complement i could say that pc can have the form of an adjective phrase or that pc can have the form of a bare role np or that pc does not correspond to the subject of a passive clause my problem is i do these things and they don't work like i was just told i can
"say a clear threat to our security this was"
and it's okay so that de
"say a clear threat to our security this was"
and it's okay so that de
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Hi Urribarri;
A sentence like this one:
What a clear threat to our security this was!
where the sentence begins with ("what" + predicate or object) puts a special emphasis on the object or predicate.
Here are some examples:
The little girl said to the wolf, "What big sharp teeth you have!"
What a horrible mess he made!
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A sentence like this one:
What a clear threat to our security this was!
where the sentence begins with ("what" + predicate or object) puts a special emphasis on the object or predicate.
Here are some examples:
The little girl said to the wolf, "What big sharp teeth you have!"
What a horrible mess he made!
Words of
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Okay so "a clear threat to our security this was" or "a clear threat to our security this is" are ungrammitical? because if they are grammitically correct i don't understand how to prove that "a clear threat to our security" is a predicative complement.
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First ask yourself - What is the subject in the sentence?
"A clear threat to our security this was."
(It is not exactly ungrammatical, but we normally do not speak this way.)
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"A clear threat to our security this was."
(It is not exactly ungrammatical, but we normally do not speak this way.)
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