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The Subject Complement
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The subject complement completes a reference to and/or an implication suggested by the subject of the clause. It shares many of the properties of the object complement, notably form and agreement, as described above under the 'Subject' and 'Object Complement' subheadings. Yet it has a few properties unique to itself, such as position.
Position. The subject complement always occurs after a copular verb in the SVC clause pattern. The most common copular verb in English is the verb be used as a main verb, although other verbs that relate to perception also serve in this category, such as appear, seem, look, sound, feel, etc.
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