4horseshowgirl4 asked:
Can a linking verb exist without a predicate adjective/nominitive? For example:
She is as beautiful as the summer sun.
Is ‘is’ still a linking verb, even though there is no predicate nominitive or adjective? Or does ‘as beautiful’ act as the predicate adjective even though it’s a prepositional phrase?
Please help!
Tags: Linking Verb, Predicate Adjective, Prepositional Phrase, Summer Sun
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June 18th, 2009 at 4:59 am
Nice metaphor
Well: “she” is the subject, “is” is the linking verb; everything after the subject is the predicate. With a linking verb, you’re implying a state of being, linking the subject to another word in the sentence. “As beautiful” is a prepositional phrase, and so is “as the summer sun.” But your predicate adjective is the word “beautiful” because it modifies “she.”