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Maria D Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Subject / Predicate functions

Hello!

Could you help me with linguistic questions?

1) Can the Subject have a function of the Adjective?
2) Can the Compund Nominal Predicate (the Predicative = the nominal part) have a function of the Numeral?

Thank you!
  

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Could you help me with linguistic questions? 1) Can the Subject have a function of the Adjective? No.

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  • Could you help me with linguistic questions?
  • 1) Can the Subject have a function of the Adjective?
  • No.
  • Adjectives and nouns are different parts of speech.
  • The subject (of a verb) is always a noun or its equivalent (eg.
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Could you help me with linguistic questions?

1) Can the Subject have a function of the Adjective? No. Adjectives and nouns are different parts of speech. The subject (of a verb) is always a noun or its equivalent (eg. pronoun, noun clause).
2) Can the Compund Nominal Predicate (the Predicative = the nominal part) have a function of the Numeral? I have no idea what you are as
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Thank you very much fore your help!

I mean, in the sentence "I'm sixteen." may 'sixteen' be a predicative?
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Yes. In many languages, the verb "have" is used for telling a person's age, but in English the verb "be" is used.
The numerals can be either nouns or adjectives (determiners).

He ordered sixteen red roses for Mary's sixteenth birthday.
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