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The band director was happy after the concert. What is the function of the word happy in the sentence?

A. Objective complement
B. Predicate adjective
C. Indirect object
D. Predicate nominative

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B (predicate adjective) is the correct answer


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User Volker Pacher
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The function of the word happy in the sentence is predicate adjective.

A predicate adjective is an adjective which modifies the subject and follows a linking verb. It is in contrast to an attributive adjective, which directly modifies the noun.

Therefore in the above sentence, "The band director was happy after the concert."

'Happy' is the predicate adjective which follows the linking verb 'was' and modifies the subject of the linking verb 'the band director.'


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