- predicate nominative
- noun Date: 1887 a noun or pronoun in the nominative or common case completing the meaning of a copula
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predicate nominative
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predicate nominative — (in Latin, Greek, and certain other languages) a predicate noun or adjective in the nominative case. [1885 90] * * * … Universalium
predicate nominative — pred′icate nom′inative n. gram. a noun, pronoun, or adjective in the nominative case, as in Latin or Greek, that is used in the predicate with a copulative verb and has the same referent as the subject … From formal English to slang
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nominative absolute — noun also nominative independent : a construction in English consisting of a noun in the common case or a pronoun in the nominative case joined wih a predicate that does not include a finite verb and functioning usually as a sentence modifier but … Useful english dictionary
nominative absolute — Gram. a construction consisting in English of a noun, noun phrase, or pronoun in the nominative case followed by a predicate lacking a finite verb, used as a loose modifier of the whole sentence, as the play done in The play done, the audience… … Universalium
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Copula (linguistics) — To be redirects here. For the song, see To Be. For to be, or not to be , see To be, or not to be. In linguistics, a copula (plural: copulae or copulas) is a word used to link the subject of a sentence with a predicate (a subject complement). The… … Wikipedia
Subject complement — In grammar, a subject complement is a phrase or clause that follows a linking verb (copula) and complements, or completes, the subject of the sentence by either (1) renaming it or (2) describing it. The former, a renaming noun (or sometimes a… … Wikipedia
