Piano fold 590 Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Use of adjectives predicatively

That flower smells sweet.


is sweet used predicatively as adjective of quality??

  

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is sweet used predicatively as adjective of quality? I don't know about 'quality', since adjectival meanings are described differently by different grammarians, but it is indeed a predicate adjective, as are these: That book looks good. This soup tastes delicious.

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piano fold 590That flower smells sweet.is sweet used predicatively as adjective of quality?

I don't know about 'quality', since adjectival meanings are described differently by different grammarians, but it is indeed a predicate adjective, as are these:

That book looks good.

This soup tastes delicious.

That table feels rou