Re: Help me out of this confusion!
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Originally Posted by MikeNewYork
I was describing what we don't say to ourselves. When a student says "I am confusing" when he means to say "I am confused", we don't analyze the grammar in our head, we just hear the mistake. We need to know the grammar to correct it, though. :wink:
Ah, I see. I had something different in my mind for "predicate nominative".
Could you tell me what exactly "predicate nominative" is? You and RonBee have given me examples, but I still don't understand what it is, I mean, the definition of it.
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Originally Posted by RonBee
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Originally Posted by Taka
Voice inflection! I see. I haven't payed attention to that when I hear something in English (I just have payed attention to the content and context).
(What about the predicate nominative thing, Mike?)
May I make a suggestion? Say:
- I haven't paid attention.
Strange that nothing happened when I used the SpellCheck.
Just a typo, you know.
Re: Help me out of this confusion!
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Originally Posted by Taka
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Originally Posted by MikeNewYork
I was describing what we don't say to ourselves. When a student says "I am confusing" when he means to say "I am confused", we don't analyze the grammar in our head, we just hear the mistake. We need to know the grammar to correct it, though. :wink:
Ah, I see. I had something different in my mind for "predicate nominative".
Could you tell me what exactly "predicate nominative" is? You and RonBee have given me examples, but I still don't understand what it is, I mean, the definition of it.
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Originally Posted by RonBee
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Originally Posted by Taka
Voice inflection! I see. I haven't payed attention to that when I hear something in English (I just have payed attention to the content and context).
(What about the predicate nominative thing, Mike?)
May I make a suggestion? Say:
- I haven't paid attention.
Strange that nothing happened when I used the SpellCheck.
Just a typo, you know.
A predicate nominative is the noun that is the complment of a linking verb. It defines the subject.
I am a plumber.
I was a librarian.
A predicate adjective follows a linking verb and describes the subject.
She is pretty.
He was dishonest.
If I said there was a predicate nominative in "I am confused", I meant a predicate adjective. :wink:
Re: Help me out of this confusion!
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Originally Posted by MikeNewYork
If I said there was a predicate nominative in "I am confused", I meant a predicate adjective.
Ah! You meant to say "a predicative adjective", not "a predicative nominative"!
That's why I was so confused.
Thanks!
Re: Help me out of this confusion!
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Originally Posted by Taka
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Originally Posted by MikeNewYork
If I said there was a predicate nominative in "I am confused", I meant a predicate adjective.
Ah! You meant to say "a predicative adjective", not "a predicative nominative"!
That's why I was so confused.
Thanks!
That's because I was confusing. :lol:
Re: Help me out of this confusion!
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Originally Posted by Taka
Strange that nothing happened when I used the SpellCheck.
That's because "payed" is a valid word:
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=payed
;-)
Re: Help me out of this confusion!
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Originally Posted by MikeNewYork
That's because I was confusing.
LOL! Actually, your logic is always clear, as I told you!
Re: Help me out of this confusion!
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Originally Posted by Red5
I didn't know that. Thanks, Master Red5!
Re: Help me out of this confusion!
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Originally Posted by Taka
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Originally Posted by MikeNewYork
That's because I was confusing.
LOL! Actually, your logic is always clear, as I told you!
:wink:
