Definition
A predicate noun is a noun (or noun phrase) that is used to predicate a description or identification of the subject.
Examples
(English)
He is a good man.
He became a mathematician.
Sources 4
- Pei and Gaynor 1954, 174
- Mish 1991, 926-927
- Hartmann and Stork 1972, 182
- Quirk, Greenbaum, Leech, and Svartvik 1985, 737, 742