Predicate

The predicate is the principle part of a two-member sentence which renders tense and mood relations of predication. Structurally the predicate in English expressed by a finite verb agrees with the subject in number and person. According to the meaning of its components, the predicate may denote an action, a state, a quality, or an attitude to some action or state ascribed to the subject.

From the structural point of view there are two main types of predicate: the simple predicate and the compound predicate. Both these types may be either nominal or verbal, which gives four sub-classes: simple verbal, simple nominal, compound verbal, compound nominal.

Predicate

Simple Compound

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