:Something like this construction should work for predicative theories, giving you a minimal model of the theory in question.
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As Jespersen said : " It is and has long been natural to use the objective in the predicative ."
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Even in predicative sentences, a definite article precedes, so it becomes more like a noun phrase with an implied noun.
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A related use is that of the predicative expression, as in sentences like " the book is mine ".
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This restriction is necessary from a predicative point of view, since the universe of all sets contains the set being defined.
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The predicative expressions here are properties that are assigned to the subject, whereas the arguments cannot be construed as such properties.
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Inverse copular constructions, in which the positions of the predicative expression and the subject are reversed, are found in various languages.
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As a result, all functions of a given order are " predicative ", irrespective of how they are expressed.
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Usually the word common for both sentences is a predicative or an object in the first sentence and subject in the second one.
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These examples raise the following fundamental question : What characteristic of words and phrases allows or prohibits them from appearing as predicative expressions?
