3. The compound modal aspect nominal predicate.
And all the while he felt the presence of Pat and had to keep on resisting the impulse to turn round.
He ought to stop doing nothing and criticizing everybody. (Lindsay)
4.Types of the compound verbal modal predicate and their use in sentence in Modern English
The compound verbal modal predicate
It consists of a modal verb (or a modal expression) and a non-finite form of the verb (an infinitive or a gerund). It expresses the action as possible, impossible, obligatory, necessary, desirable, planned, certain, permissible, etc.
Modal Verbs: can, may, must, should, would, need, dare, have to, be to
Modal Expressions: to be able, to be allowed, to be willing, to be anxious, to be capable, to be going, to be bound, to be obliged
I can’t remember who I am.
They are willing and able to help.
How dare you say so?
We are going to strike a bargain.
He may have to return.
She must be willing to come here again.
That remark is capable of being misunderstood.
The double predicate
It combines two different types of the predicate. It has the features of the simple predicate and of the compound nominal predicate.
The moon rose red. (=The moon rose (simple) and it was red. (compound nominal))
There are a number of verbs that most often occur in this type of predicate, performing the double function of denoting a process and serving as a link verb at the same time: live, die, marry, return, lie, rise, sit, stand, shine, etc
She sat silent.
She married young and died a hero.
The moon was shining cold and bright.
They met friends and
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