Adjectival (describes the subject; adverbial (describes where the subject was) Scott -----Original Message----- From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of ATEG automatic digest system Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 12:00 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: ATEG Digest - 29 Apr 2008 to 13 May 2008 (#2008-108) There is 1 message totalling 28 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Prepositional Phrases as Subject Complements To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 23:56:09 -0400 From: Peter Adams <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Prepositional Phrases as Subject Complements How would you categorize the prep phrase, "in a bad mood," in a sentence like the following? Cornelia was in a bad mood. How about the prep phrase "in her car" in the following sentence? Deb was in her car. Peter Adams To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/ ------------------------------ End of ATEG Digest - 29 Apr 2008 to 13 May 2008 (#2008-108) *********************************************************** To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/