subject+complement

= Subject Complement:= Pronunciation: SUB-jektmedia type="file" key="S0841700.wav" Audio LinkPronunciation: KOM-pli-mentmedia type="file" key="C0528700.wav"

The word (with any accompanying phrases) or clause that follows a linking verb and complements, or completes, the subject of the sentence by either (1) renaming it (the predicate nominative) or (2) describing it (the predicate adjective).

Examples:

1. "Are we not __men__? We are Devo!" //**Men**//= predicate nominative, as it renames the subject, Devo.

2. "Fooled the Dark Lord, the greatest __wizard__, the most accomplished Legilimens the world has ever seen?"- Harry Potter And the Half- Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling //**Wizard**//- predicate nominative, as it renames the subject, Dark Lord.

3. "Both Slughorn and Hagrid drank __deeply__".- Harry Potter And the Half- Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling //**Deeply**//= predicate adjective, as it modifies the subjects, Slughorn and Hagrid.

Gray, Ben. "Freedom FROM choice…." Freedom FROM choice…. Blog su WordPress.com.. 26 Sep 2007 .

Attributions:

Rowling, J.K.. Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince. 5. U.S.A: Arthur A. Levine Books, 2005 (Rowling 26-485-486)

"About.com: Subject Complement." Subject-Definition and examples of subject. 2007. New York Times Company. 26 Sep 2007 .

Gray, Ben. "Freedom FROM choice…." Freedom FROM choice…. Blog su WordPress.com.. 26 Sep 2007 .

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