alytical practical grammar - Toronto Public Library

128 ENGLISH GRAMMAR.
with (59~) or without a subject (394), a participial nOlln (46~\ R subs/an·
tive phrase (587), or a c[Illtse of a .• entmee (6\);l); ns, "To lze IS ba~e."­
"Ji'or us to lie is base."-"Lying is bnse."-" To do wrollg knowingly is
blse."-" That mC/t should lif is base" (G4o).
597. When the iufiniti I'e with n subject in the objective case (872), is
used as the subject (Of a propositiou, it is introduced by the particle for ;
RS, "For us to lie is basc."
598. Wheu a clause of a sentence, consisting of a finite verb (761) and
its subject, is used as the subject of a proposition, it ia introduced by the
conjunction that; as, " Tltat mvu should lie is base."
599. When the infinitive or the clause of a sentence as the subject fol·
lows the verb, the pronoun it preceues it, refearing to the subject (246, 2,
4); as, "It is base that men should lie."-"It is base to lie."-" It is base
for us to lie."
600. The predicate is that which is affirmed of the subject; as, .. Truth
is mighty."-" God reigns.'
Notc I.-The word" affirm" here is to be unuerstood as applying to all
kinds of sentences-declaratory, whether affirmative or negative, interroga.
tory, imperative, or ezclamatory (589).
Note 2.-The name of a peri'on or thing addressed forms no part of the
eentence; as, "La,!ant8, come forth."
601. The predicate properly condsts of two parts-the attribute affirmed
of the subject, and the copula by which the affirmation is made.
Thus, in the sentence, I, God is love," "God" is the subject, aud " is love"
is the predicate, in which" lovs" is tbe attribute, and" is" tbe copula.
602. The attribute and copula are often expressed by one word, which,
in that case must always be a verb; as, "The fire burl1s."=" The fire i8
burning."
603. The predicate may be a nOlm or pronoun, an adjective, sometimes
a preposition witlt its case, or an adverb-also an infinitit'c, or clause of a
sentence, connected with the subject by a copula, see examples (6~1 and
622): or it may be a verb, which includes in itself both attribute and
copula (602).
604. When a '\'erb does not complete the predicate, but is used as It
copula