ENGL 003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Linking Verb, Pronoun
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This is also a very simple pattern , where the third position is occupied by an adverb or an adverbial group . Also , a prepositional phrase indicating time or place can occupy the third position . In this pattern , both nouns have the same referent . It is only called a subjective complement . Personal pronouns can also occupy the position of the subject complement . This is mauna . this is " she " . It is ahmed. it is " him " . That was my house . that was " mine " . Notice that all the above pronouns ( she , him , mine ) are in the subjective position and they all take primary stress . 6 pattern 6 : n l v n. The only difference between this pattern and pattern 5 is that the verb , which joins the two nouns , is a linking verb :
