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.—'296 SYNTAX.—ANALYSIS. § 152757.—The subject of a proposition may be an infinitive mood, with orwithout a subject; or a clause of a sentence; as, humanum est err are.Incerta pro certis habere stultissimum est. Nunc opus est, ttanion o vale re. Rellquum est, ut officii s cert em us inter nos158.—THE PREDICATE.I. The Predicate, like the subject, is either grammatical or logicalThe grammatical predicate consists of the attribute and copula, notmodified by other words.The logical predicate is the grammatical, with all the words or phrasesthat modify it ; thus, vir bonus sui si mil em queer it ; the grammaticalpredicate is qucerit ; the logical, qucerit similem sui.When thegrammatical predicate has no modifying terms, the logicaland grammatical are the same.II. The predicate, like the subject, is either simple or compound.A simple predicate affirms but one thing of its subject ; as, vita br evisest ; ignis uritA compound predicate consists of two or more simple predicates affirmedof one subject ; as, Caesar venit, vldit, vie it. Probitas lauddturet alget.759.—MODIFICATIONS OF THE PREDICATE.The grammatical predicate may be modified or limited in different wayaI. When the attribute in the predicate is a noun, it is modified1. By a noun or pronoun limiting or describing the attribute ; as, honor*st prazmium virtictis. Invidia est supplicium suum.2. By an adjective or participle limiting the attribute ; as, ira furorbrevis est.II. YvThen the grammatical predicate is an attributive verb, it is modified—1. By a noun or pronoun as its object; as, res amlcos invenit. Lausdebetur virtuti. Sajnens imperat cupiditatibus. Ventercaret auribus.2. By an adverb ; as, bis dat qui cito dat ; be n e scribit.3. By an adjunct; as, venit in urbem; ex urbe venii.4. By an infinitive ; as, cupio disc ere.5. By a dependent clause; as, poeta dicit I ram esse brevem insaniam.— Gonstituit ut ludi fierent.760.—Nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and other words modifying thepredicate, may themselves be modified, as similar words are when modifyingthe subjectInfinitives and participles modifying the predicate, may themselves bemodified in all respects, as the attributive verb is modified.COMPOUND SENTENCES.7B1.—A Compound sentence consists of two or more simple sentence*