Assertion: predicate | /r/HasProperty | simple
Facets:
value: sometimes
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: A predicate can either be simple or complete.
text: In fact, I’d like to be able to write mostly as if predicates are simple expressions which come with rules about how they combine, and not get any fancier.
text: In such a case, in which the subject is related to two or more finite verbs, the sentence is said to have a compound predicate; a predicate composed of one verb is sometimes known as a simple predicate.
text: Predicate: simple (were sick)
text: Predicate: simple (was told that this would not be a problem)
text: Predicate: simple (told the student and his parents that there would be a quiz next class).
text: Predicate: simple (go to your room right now)
text: Predicate: simple (don’t need to pay for that first)
text: Predicate: simple (like potatoes)
text: Predicate: simple (was escorted out of the hospital with his parents)
text: Predicate: simple (were escorted out of the hospital)
text: If the predicate is simple, this is AND .
text: Sometimes, the predicate is simple, just one word.
text: Predicates can be simple, just one word, or they can be many words.
text: In “The cat slept,” the predicate is quite simple and merely consists of the word “slept.
text: Remember that the predicate can be simple or complex.
text: If the predicate is simple, this is AND .