subject complement

A complement which is coupled to a subject.

Noun

  1. A complement which is coupled to a subject.
    • In the sentence "That is a flying car!", 'that' is the subject and 'flying car' is the subject complement.
    • In the sentence "That house seems haunted!", 'that house' is the subject and 'haunted' is the subject complement (in this case an adjective).

Origin

From subject + complement.

Forms

subject complements

Related

object complement clausal complement predicative