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• Sentence element — Sentence elements are the groups of words that combine together to comprise the ‘building units’ of a well formed sentence. A sentence element approach to grammar assumes a top down methodology. In other words, it starts with the sentence as a… …   Wikipedia

• Predicative (adjectival or nominal) — In grammar, a predicative is an element of the predicate of a sentence which supplements the subject or object by means of the verb. A predicative may be nominal or adjectival. If the complement after a linking verb is a noun or a pronoun, it is… …   Wikipedia

• predicative — 1. adjective Used after a verb, as a predicate; In the sentence, ‘This house is big’, ‘big’ is predicative, whereas in ‘This is a big house’, it is attributive. Ant: attributive 2. noun An element of the …   Wiktionary

• predicative adjective — noun An adjective that is not part of the noun clause it modifies, but is linked to it with a copula. ‘Complicated’ is a predicative adjective in the sentence ‘Grammar is complicated.’ …   Wiktionary

• predicative — pre|dic|a|tive [prıˈdıkətıv US ˈpredıkeı ] adj technical a predicative adjective or phrase comes after a verb, for example happy in the sentence She is happy. >predicatively adv …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• predicative — pred|i|ca|tive [ prə dıkətıv, predı,keıtıv ] adjective LINGUISTICS predicative adjectives and phrases follow a verb, for example tired in the sentence We were tired. ╾ pred|i|ca|tive|ly adverb …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• predicative — adjective a predicative adjective or phrase comes after a verb, for example happy in the sentence She is happy. predicatively adverb …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• predicative — UK [prɪˈdɪkətɪv] / US [ˈpredɪkətɪv] / US [ˈpredɪˌkeɪtɪv] adjective linguistics predicative adjectives and phrases follow a verb, for example tired in the sentence We were tired . Derived word: predicatively adverb …   English dictionary

• predicative — [prɪˈdɪkətɪv] adj linguistics predicative adjectives and phrases follow a verb, for example ‘tired in the sentence ‘We were tired …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• sentence element — noun In certain approaches to grammar, a part of sentence, classified as one of subject, predicate, object, predicative and adverbial …   Wiktionary

• German sentence structure — is somewhat more complex than that of many other European languages, with phrases regularly inverted for both questions and subordinate phrases. Main Sentence If a verb has a separable prefix, this prefix is moved to the end of the sentence.: Ich …   Wikipedia