predicative complement

Expression

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Expression
predicative complement

  1. (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 (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