Glossary term P

Predicate Adjective

A predicate adjective is an adjective that is used to predicate an attribute of the subject.

(English)

Roses are red.

Noses often become red.

  1. Pei and Gaynor 1954, 173
  2. Hartmann and Stork 1972, 182
  3. Mish 1991, 926
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