A predicate nominative or predicate noun completes a linking verb and renames the subject. It is a complement or completer because it completes the verb. The verb in a sentence having a predicate nominative can always be replaced by the word equals.
Examples:
Mr. Johanson is a teacher.
Mr. Johanson equals a teacher.
Mr. Johanson is a father.
Mr. Johanson equals a father.
Mr. Johanson is my neighbor.
Mr. Johanson equals my neighbor.
Predicate nominatives complete only linking verbs. The linking verbs include the following: the helping verbs is, am, are, was, were, be, being, and been; the sense verbs look, taste, smell, feel, and sound; and verbs like become, seem, appear, grow, continue, stay, and turn.
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