Tiffany lam
Language often seems skillfully drafted. drafted is verb or adjective? why there are two predicate verb in one sentence? what is the meaning of this sentence? thanks!
Nov 21, 2019 12:24 PM
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You didn't like the previous answers to the same question. Do you expect a different answer? https://www.italki.com/question/486422 There is one linking verb, "seems," and one subject complement, "skillfully drafted." Language often seems skillfully drafted. Language - subject often - adverb of frequency seems - linking verb skillyfully - adverb of manner drafted - past participle functioning as an adjective More information on linking verbs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linking_verb List of linking verbs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_copulae There are two definitions of predicates. Which are you using? More information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predicate_(grammar)
November 21, 2019
"Drafted" is the past tense of the verb "to draft" (so it is a verb). To be honest, the sentence "language often seems skilfully drafted" is a strange sounding sentence; the meaning is unclear to me, but I think they're trying to say that language is skilfully put together/well thought out. Hope that helps :-)
November 21, 2019
"Redactado" es un verbo en su forma de participio. La forma de infinitivo es "redactar" Yo redacto Tú redactas él/ella redacta ... Las tras formas no personales de los verbos son: infinitivo, gerundio y participio.
November 21, 2019
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