The term nominal sentence can refer to two different phenomena:
- a sentence with a predicate consisting of the copula to be plus a predicative, like Bob is a postman.
- a sentence with a predicate lacking a finite verb, like The more – the merrier. Usually, the missing verb is understood to be a form of to be, as seen in colloquial English: You from out of town? (see Zero copula).
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