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Piano fold 590 Posted 8 years ago
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Use of adjectives predicatively
That flower smells sweet.
is sweet used predicatively as adjective of quality??
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is sweet used predicatively as adjective of quality? I don't know about 'quality', since adjectival meanings are described differently by different grammarians, but it is indeed a predicate adjective, as are these: That book looks good. This soup tastes delicious.
- is sweet used predicatively as adjective of quality?
- I don't know about 'quality', since adjectival meanings are described differently by different grammarians, but it is indeed a predicate adjective, as are these: That book looks good.
- This soup tastes delicious.
- That table feels rough.
- etc.
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piano fold 590That flower smells sweet.is sweet used predicatively as adjective of quality?
I don't know about 'quality', since adjectival meanings are described differently by different grammarians, but it is indeed a predicate adjective, as are these:
That book looks good.
This soup tastes delicious.
That table feels rou
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