Let's not forget the power of the complete sentence and the humble predicate verb — the "motor" of a good sentence An analysis out of Washington suggests that some top military brass have had it with ...

Happy is the main lexical predicate here. It takes one argument: an experiencer--John. Tall takes one argument: a theme: Mary. (12) *John is being tall. (13) *Mary is being fond of red roses. (14) ...

- (logic) what is predicated of the subject of a proposition; the second term in a proposition is predicated of the first term by means of the copula ...

In the preparation of this book we deeply acknowledge the help and advice of a number of colleagues of our Departamento de Filología Inglesa (Lengua Inglesa), Universidad de Sevilla, Spain. A vote of ...