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If I was to say that all Subject Complements are Predicate Adjectives and all Object Complements are either Postpositive, or Predicative Adjectives, would this statement be accurate?
E.G.
_The clown got the children too excited. This is after the noun, which is children, and before a copula; therefore, exited here is a Postpositive Adjective, right?
_The convention named Dogbreath Vice President to keep him happy. Again, after the noun, which is Dogbreath, but after the copula; therefore, happy here is a Predicative Adjective.
This is to say that all adjectives that come after their noun are either Postpositive, or Predicative... never Attributative. Complements are never Attributive. True?
E.G.
_The clown got the children too excited. This is after the noun, which is children, and before a copula; therefore, exited here is a Postpositive Adjective, right?
_The convention named Dogbreath Vice President to keep him happy. Again, after the noun, which is Dogbreath, but after the copula; therefore, happy here is a Predicative Adjective.
This is to say that all adjectives that come after their noun are either Postpositive, or Predicative... never Attributative. Complements are never Attributive. True?
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