This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 Excerpt: ... noun used in this manner after the verb be is called the predicate noun, and it is always in the same case as the subject. Definition.--A predicate noun is a noun used with a verb of incomplete predication, in the same case, and denoting the same thing, as-the-subject. Exercise 77.--Complete the predicates by ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 Excerpt: ... noun used in this manner after the verb be is called the predicate noun, and it is always in the same case as the subject. Definition.--A predicate noun is a noun used with a verb of incomplete predication, in the same case, and denoting the same thing, as-the-subject. Exercise 77.--Complete the predicates by supplying suitable predicate nouns. Mention the verb in each sentence: 1. The hero of the story should be a brave good icon: . 2. Frank will some time be. a famous f"T 3. The giraffe is_a harmless gentle 4. England is_a snug little jd&A 9. Should the best pupil be of the clas3? 10. Easter in Germany is a great-p2u 11. "You must be a very good to-day," said Lucy's mother. 12. Is the earth really a large? 13. Maggie might have been the if she had not been a. 14. Philip may some time be the if he is always a studious. 15. The visit to the park was a delightful. 16. A little brown dwarf had been poor Tim's best in his loneliness. 17. We hope that Willie's frequent exercise on the lake may not lead him later in life to be a. Exercise 78.--Analyze by diagram the following sentences, explain the analysis, and parse all the nouns: 1. My mother is my kindest and dearest friend in all my troubles. Subject. Predicate. S. N. mother P. Y. Is P. X. friend My It is a declarative sentence. (Give reasons.) The subject is my mother. The subject noun is mother; it is modified by my. The predicate is is my kindest, etc. The predicate verb is is. The predicate noun is friend; it is modified by the adjectives kindest and dearest, and by the adjective phrase in all my troubles; troubles is modified by all and my. Parsing.--Mother is a noun (give reasons); common; feminine gender; third person; singular num ber; nominative case, because it is the subj...
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