It has to be personification - giving humanlike characteristics to something that is not human.
Just some terminology before the actual question so you understand what "predicate nominative" really means.
Subject: Discussing the one who does something or is something in the sentence.
Predicate: Discussing the action which the subject does in the sentence.
In this sentence:
Subject: Chess
Predicate: has always been one of Henry's favorite board games.
Nominative: Describing the subject (words following <em>to be, to seem, </em>etc.)
Accusative: Taking a direct object (such as <em>to have, to see, to tell, </em>etc.)
Dative: Taking an indirect object (such as <em>to go <u>to</u>, </em><em>to look <u>at</u>, </em><em>to say <u>to</u>, </em>etc.)
Genitive: Possessing sth. (<em>Henry's, his, of the United States, </em>etc.)
<em>*note that nominative uses linking words and accusative/dative use action verbs.</em>
If you look in the sentence we have here, <em>been</em> is a paste tense of <em>to be</em>.
It is describing the subject as being one of Henry's favorite board games, and is thus using the nominative.
However, the term predicate nominative is a bit more specific than that, it's not referring to that entire phrase. It is just the object of that predicate, what the subject is being renamed to. Usually you can substitute <em /><em>equal</em><em>s</em> in the sentence and it should still work.
In this sentence, the predicate nominative is <u>games</u>. (Chess = game)
Answer:
i said,"mom, please dont be angry with me. it was an accident
Explanation:
I would say the author means that it would be impossible, or would require tech that today's tech cannot do.
science fiction, or fiction, usually means make believe or fake.
Answer:
A lot of advice is available for people who want to form new habits for themselves.
Explanation:
Since the antecedent is plural, then the pronoun must be plural. People wishing to form new habits ought to be given a series of advice on how to go about it.
