§ 59. Compound predicates can combine elements of different types. Thus we have:

1. The compound modal verbal nominal predicate.

Jane must feel better pleased than ever.

She couldn’t be happy.

He may have been ill then.

2. Тhe compound modal nominal verbal predicate.

Are you able to walk another two miles?

We were anxious to cooperate.

3. The compound phasal nominal predicate.

He was beginning to look desperate.

George began to be rather ashamed.

4. The compound modal phasal predicate.

You ought to stop doing that.

He can’t continue training.

5. The compound nominal predicate of double orientation.

Mrs Bacon is said to be very ill.

Walter seems to be unhappy.