What is the predicate of the following proposition? "Everywhere that Mary went, the lamb was sure to go."-Sarah Josepha Hale (Mary Had a Little Lamb)

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The predicate of a proposition is the part that expresses what the subject is doing or what is being said about the subject. In this case, the subject is "the lamb" and the predicate is "was sure to go everywhere that Mary went." This expresses what the lamb is doing (following Mary wherever she goes) and what is being said about the lamb. Choices A, B, D, and E are all part of the sentence, but none of them are the complete predicate.

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