PREDICATE-ARGUMENT STRUCTURE OF ENGLISH ADJECTIVES
aclanthology.org › Y95-1020PREDICATE-ARGUMENT STRUCTURE OF ENGLISH ADJECTIVES AKIRA IKEYA TOYO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY Nagareyama-shi, Chiba Pref. Japan Abstract This paper will argue the following points. 1) What is a semantic status of prepositional phrases in such sentences as "Tom is good at tennis," "It is wise of Tom to go there," "This book is easy for John to read.
Name Date Predicate Adjectives Teaching
rsm.plusd.org › subsites › Chris-CruzThe predicate adjective is dangerous.) Often, forms of be are linking verbs, as in the above example. However, predicate adjectives can also follow other linking verbs such as taste, smell, feel, look, become, and seem. Such a disaster seemed impossible. (The linking verbs is seemed. The predicate adjective is impossible.) Identifying Predicate ...
Predicate Nominative Adjectives Do IO WS
www.effinghamschools.com › cms › lib4(predicate adjective) Sailing away from home to a strange land seems . 11. (predicate adjective) For some immigrants, the voyage to the United States was . 12. (predicate nominative) Was the decision to immigrate ? 13. (compound predicate adjective) The immigrants must have been . 14. (predicate nominative) The task of adapting to a new way of ...