subject complement

subject complement

noun Grammar.
a word or a group of words, usually functioning as an adjective or noun, that is used in the predicate following a copula and describes or is identified with the subject of the sentence, as sleepy in The travelers became sleepy.


Origin:
1935–40
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Subject complement is always a great word to know.
So is guillemet. Does it mean:
a character or symbol (&) for and
one of two marks « or » used in French, Italian, and Russian printing to enclose quotations.
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