Question
I cannot tell which is a predicate adjective:
He looks ill today.
He looks disdianfully at the pile of laundry.
Ill or Disdainfully?
He looks ill today.
He looks disdianfully at the pile of laundry.
Ill or Disdainfully?
Answers
Writeacher
"Ill" is correct; "disdainfully" is an adverb, so it can't be any kind of adjective!
Think of predicate adjectives as words that are describing the subject from the other side of the linking verb.
Here are some examples:
He is tall. ("tall" modifies "He")
The book is old. ("old" modifies "book")
There are some words in addition to forms of the verb "to be" that can be linking verbs -- to seem, to look, etc.
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/verbs.htm#linking
Think of predicate adjectives as words that are describing the subject from the other side of the linking verb.
Here are some examples:
He is tall. ("tall" modifies "He")
The book is old. ("old" modifies "book")
There are some words in addition to forms of the verb "to be" that can be linking verbs -- to seem, to look, etc.
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/verbs.htm#linking
Pam
thank you so much!!!