Predicate adjective

Jennifer Nevsky · #1 22-Oct-2009, 10:38

I have a question about the predicate adjective and predicate noun. In this sentence, Paul was a good student, is good an adjective or predicate adjective?
Jennifer N

anupumh · #2 22-Oct-2009, 14:35

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I have a question about the predicate adjective and predicate noun. In this sentence, Paul was a good student, is good an adjective or predicate adjective?
Jennifer N

A predicate adjective is an adjective that is used to predicate an attribute of the subject.

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General Writing and Grammar Help: predicate adjective vs adjective, superlative adjectives, predicate noun

Raymott · #3 22-Oct-2009, 15:36

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Originally Posted by Jennifer Nevsky

I have a question about the predicate adjective and predicate noun. In this sentence, Paul was a good student, is good an adjective or predicate adjective?
Jennifer N

Adjectives can be used in two ways - attributive and predicative.
'good' is an adjective.
In "A good student", 'good' is an attributive adjective.
In "The student is good", 'good' is a predicate adjective.

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