Mark E. Shoulson wrote:
> For example, in the sentence "Fred is a doctor,"
> the subject is "Fred" and the predicate is "is a doctor" ("a doctor"
> being a predicate nominative, and part of the predicate) whereas the
> verb is "is."
isn't is only an auxilliary verb anyway? or am i confusing stuff with
german? ;)
The verb 'to be' can be an auxiliary verb (e.g., "Fred is becoming a doctor."), but is the main verb in the sentence above. I'd be dismayed if a similar distinction weren't made in German ("Fritz ist Arzt" / "Fritz ist Arzt geworden").