Let's not forget the power of the complete sentence and the humble predicate verb — the "motor" of a good sentence An analysis out of Washington suggests that some top military brass have had it ...

What's so unexpected about the sentence is that "fell" turns out to be the predicate, when you were sure "raced" was. In English, we're not used to a singular predicate verb being the last word in ...

If the predicate verb expresses a movement or a change, like IKIMASU (to go), NI indicates the terminating point of the movement. For example, "I go to the station" is WATASHI WA EKI NI IKIMASU.

Different kinds of predicate-nominal, adjectival, verbal etc.-may behave differently under predicate agreement when there is a difference between underlying and superficial subject. Data from a number ...