What is a Subject Complement: Predicate Nominative and Predicate Adjective

A subject complement is a word or phrase that follows a linking verb (called the copula) to connect the predicate to the subject. There are two types of subject complements: the predicate nominative which renames the subject and the predicate adjective which describes the subject.
In today’s lesson, you will learn about the different grammatical forms that make the subject complement.
Examples are given.
00:00 Introduction
00:16 What is a Subject Complement?
00:51 The Predicate Nominative Explained
01:05 The Noun as a Predicate Nominative
01:36 The Pronoun as a Predicate Nominative
02:31 The Noun Phrase as a Predicate Nominative
02:58 The Noun Clause as a Predicate Nominative
03:22 The Gerund and Gerund Phrase as a Predicate Nominative
03:46 The Infinitive and the Infinitive Phrase as a Predicate Nominative
04:12 The Prepositional Phrase as a Predicate Nominative
05:04 Tip for Finding the Predicate Nominative
05:38 The Predicate Adjective Explained
06:37 The Adjective as a Predicate Adjective
07:05 The Present and Past Participles as a Predicate Adjective
07:42 Tip for Finding the Predicate Adjective
08:16 Closing Remarks

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Hello: This lesson clarified so many things for me concerning predicate nominatives and adjectives. However I seem to recall hearing once that were types that involved concepts as opposed to people. Like in this sentence: " His religious beliefs are different from most." Is this considered a predicate adjective? If this sentence is not do you have an example of what I am referring to if this type of pred.adj. does exist?

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This is a predicate adjective. "Different from most" describes or modifies "religious beliefs."

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It was a thrilling experience. Which part of speech is ‘thrilling’ here?

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In the example 'Many dogs wear collars', is collars the complement? and is many a modifier?

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She is in the park. ...in this sentence "in the park is what?

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