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Originally Posted by justinwschang   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. |
I know I shouldn't be doing this (since I am neither a native speaker of English nor a teacher of English), but you seem to be getting the things wrong.
I've never heard of a predicate adverb, I'm afraid. All I know about the verb
be is as follows:
be [linking (copular) verb]
My boss is always late. - the
predicate adjective (late) modifying the
subject (my boss)
be [intransitive verb taking an adverbial]
The leaves are everywhere. -
everywhere doesn't modify the
subject (the leaves) since it is an adverb here, and it's only
adverbs, as far as I know, that can modify verbs, not adjectives
The point is that there are two different verbs of
be, and you mixed them up, I guess.
