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Subject:
Subject complements
From:
"Dick Veit, UNCW English Dept." <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:
Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Fri, 15 Oct 1999 17:37:06 -0400
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Johanna Rubba wrote:

> ...Subject-complement attributes in English are expressed as
> adjective phrases (exclusively?).

Johanna:

I'm not sure I understand this.  Aren't all three of the following subject
complements?

  * Elvis is dead. (adjective phrase)
  * Elvis is a deceased musician. (noun phrase)
  * Elvis is in Rock 'N Roll Heaven. (adverbial phrase)

Could you clarify?

Dick Veit

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