What are the types of predicative words?

Predicate, also known as subject complement and grammatical noun, refers to a word or clause that explains the identity, nature, character, characteristics and state of the subject. Predicates are usually served by nouns, adjectives, prepositional phrases, gerunds and infinitives, and are usually located after the copula (be).

Predicates describe the identity, nature, character, characteristics and state of the subject. The predicate is located after the copula and closely related to the copula. There is a predicate when there is a copula, and there is a copula when there is a predicate. It is usually acted by nouns, adjectives, prepositional phrases, infinitives, gerunds and clauses.

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First, the difference between infinitive and participle as predicative.

Infinitive and gerund as predicative are equivalent to a noun as predicative, which means to answer the subject "what is it"; A participle as a predicative is equivalent to an adjective as a predicative, meaning to answer the subject "how".

This beautiful village is still unknown to the world. ?

This beautiful village is still unknown to the outside world. (Subject and predicative are not equal)

Second, the difference between infinitive and gerund as predicative.

Although infinitive and gerund as predicative are both used to answer the subject "what is it", there are still some differences between them. The infinitive is a predicative, emphasizing concrete, upcoming and one-off actions; Gerund as predicative emphasizes abstract, frequent and general actions.

His job is to paint the walls.

His job is to paint these walls.