Is the underlined word a predicate nominative or a predicate adjective?

Would the best parts have been gears or belts?

A.

predicate nominative

B.
predicate adjective

Question

Is the underlined word a predicate nominative or a predicate adjective? 


Would the best parts have been gears or belts?
	
	
 
A.
	

predicate nominative
	
 
B.
	predicate adjective

nobodyssalvation · Answer

Which word is meant to have the underline?

anonymous · Answer

oh sorry. belts

nobodyssalvation · Answer

A predicate nominative is a word in the nominative case that completes a linking verb.  
A predicate adjective is an adjective that is used to state an attribute of the subject.

In this case 'have been' in an incomplete linking verb, so belts is the predicate nominative that completes it.

anonymous · Answer

kk thx.