Predicative vs Predictable - What's the difference?
predicative | predictable |
(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)
As adjectives the difference between predicative and predictable
is that predicative is (grammar|of an adjectival or nominal) used after a verb, as a predicate; while predictable is able to be predicted.As a noun 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.predicative
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Alternative forms
* (dated)Adjective
(-)- In the sentence, ‘This house is big’, ‘big’ is predicative , whereas in ‘This is a big house’, it is attributive.