predicate adjective

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predicate adjective (plural predicate adjectives)

  1. Alternative form of predicative adjective
    • 1982, Gary Forlini, Grammar and Composition, Level 6: Annotated Teacher's Edition, Prentice–Hall Inc., →ISBN, page 76:
      A predicate adjective refers to the subject by describing it in much the same way that any adjective modifies a noun or pronoun.
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