Adverbial vs Predicative - What's the difference?
adverbial | predicative |
(grammar) of or relating to an adverb
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(grammar, of an adjectival or nominal) Used after a verb, as a predicate;
(grammar) An element of the predicate of a sentence which supplements the subject or object by means of the verb. Predicatives may be nominal or adjectival.
; Examples
* He seems nice.''''' (adjectival ' predicative of the subject)
* Bob is a postman'''.'' (nominal ' predicative of the subject)
* We painted the door white'''.'' (adjectival ' predicative of the object)
* They elected him president'''.'' (nominal ' predicative of the object)
In grammar|lang=en terms the difference between adverbial and predicative
is that adverbial is (grammar) an adverbial word or phrase while predicative is (grammar) an element of the predicate of a sentence which supplements the subject or object by means of the verb predicatives may be nominal or adjectival.As adjectives the difference between adverbial and predicative
is that adverbial is (grammar) of or relating to an adverb while predicative is (grammar|of an adjectival or nominal) used after a verb, as a predicate;.As nouns the difference between adverbial and predicative
is that adverbial is (grammar) an adverbial word or phrase while predicative is (grammar) an element of the predicate of a sentence which supplements the subject or object by means of the verb predicatives may be nominal or adjectival.adverbial
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- And in (123) below, a (bracketed) Adverbial Phrase has undergone WH MOVEMENT:
(123) (a) [How quickly''] will he drink the beer —?
(123) (b) [''How carefully''] did he plan his campaign —?
(123) (c) [''How well ] did he treat her —?
Derived terms
* adverbially * adverbial adjunct * adverbial case * adverbial clause * adverbial phraseSee also
* ("adverbial" on Wikipedia)predicative
English
Alternative forms
* (dated)Adjective
(-)- In the sentence, ‘This house is big’, ‘big’ is predicative , whereas in ‘This is a big house’, it is attributive.