What is a compound predicate?

A compound predicate is a predicate containing two or more coordinate or paratactic verbs or verb phrases.

• What is a predicate?

Hartmann and Stork 1972 46

Pei and Gaynor 1954 44

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• Concept module: compound predicate
• In overview module: Glossary (Linguistics): C
• In modular book: Glossary of linguistic terms, by Eugene E. Loos (general editor), Susan Anderson (editor), Dwight H., Day, Jr. (editor), Paul C. Jordan (editor), and J. Douglas Wingate (editor)
• In bookshelf: Linguistics

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