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Jackson6612 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Verb of predication

Hi

Could you please tell me what is a 'verb of predication'?

The predicate contains information about the subject. e.g. In "He is a good person.", 'a good person' is a predicate and perhaps 'is' is verb of predication.

Please tell me. Thanks.
  

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just grabbed this off the web Verbs of Incomplete Predication Some intransitive verbs require a word or phrase to complete the predicate and make sense of the sentence. Such verbs are called verbs of incomplete predication . Examples are: is, am, are, was, were, become, look, seem, appear, taste, smell, grow, turn etc.

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  • just grabbed this off the web Verbs of Incomplete Predication Some intransitive verbs require a word or phrase to complete the predicate and make sense of the sentence.
  • Such verbs are called verbs of incomplete predication .
  • Examples are: is, am, are, was, were, become, look, seem, appear, taste, smell, grow, turn etc.
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just grabbed this off the web

Verbs of Incomplete Predication

Some intransitive verbs require a word or phrase to complete the predicate and make sense of the sentence. Such verbs are called verbs of incomplete predication. Examples are: is, am, are, was, were, become, look, seem, appear, taste, smell, grow, turn etc.
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Actually, the predicate can contain more information about the verb:

He arrived at the house in a roundabout fashion.

I don't know the term, and while some internet sources mention 'be' as a verb of predication. others indicate that modal auxiliaries (which do not collocate with 'be' at all) precede verb of predication, so I suggest that 'verbs of predication' probably re
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