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Originally Posted by engee30  I hate to disagree with you, justinwschang, but in the sentence above it's only never that is an adverb; late is the predicative adjective there. Actually, you should know that all linking verbs take the predicative adjectives (and not adverbs) as their complement.  |
engee30
The word
everwhere (for example) is an adverb. The leaves are everywhere (= predicate adverb of
are). Again: I was
there (adverb) = I was
in/at that place.
The meaning of the verb
Be (and other linking verbs like
become, seem, appear) is only complete if read with a noun, pronoun, adjective,
or adverb in the predicate, called the predicate word (or complement) of the linking verb. A linking verb is thus called because it connects or links its subject to its complement:
She was
home.
I am in Beijing (predicate noun)
You were with them (predicate pronoun)
We are lucky (predicate adjective)
He was early (predicate adverb)