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Which word in the sentence is the predicate nominative?

My dogs are little white terriers.

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In that sentence, "terriers" is the predicate nominative.
The predicate nominative is a noun or pronoun that either renames, identifies or explains the subject (My dogs) of the sentence. What are your dogs? they "are" "terriers". The word terriers is used to explain something about the dogs.
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