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predicative complement
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Expression
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Expression
predicative complement
(
grammar
) A
predicative
complement
comes in a verb phrase and relates to the subject or the object.
In a
clause
like
Sue seems very capable
, the adjective
phrase
very capable
functions as
predicative complement
which relates to the subject
Sue
.
Grammar
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edit
)
parts of speech
noun
-
verb
-
adjective
-
adnoun
-
adverb
-
determinative
/
determiner
-
article
-
participle
-
pronoun
-
conjunction
-
preposition
-
interjection
grammatical functions
head
-
dependent
-
subject
-
predicate
-
predicator
-
object
-
complement
-
predicative complement
-
predicative adjunct
-
predicative oblique
-
appositive oblique
-
modifier
-
supplement
-
adjunct
-
determiner
/
specifier
clauses
main clause
-
dependent clause
-
subordinate clause
-
relative clause
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