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subject          predicate

Susan | 

won the race.

Predicative refers to a clause element that occurs in the predicate:

predicative adj

The old lady is | 

very nice.

predicative subject complement

These books are | 

encyclopaedias. 

Prefix An affix that is attached to the beginning of a base form to create a new

word (misunderstanding, post-war, recheck, unhappy, anti-social).

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Derivation; Word formation

Pre-head Refers to the dependent elements that come before the head in a phrase.

In the noun phrase, they can be determiners and premodifiers. Determiners

indicate the type of reference for the whole noun phrase and they come before

premodifiers: