Questions tagged [subjects]
Questions about determining the subject of a sentence or clause
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Is an adjective justified in the place of the subject in a sentence? [migrated]
I am an ESL Chinese student in China. And I wonder whether it is standard to put an adjective in the place of the subject. Subject is always noun phrases including infinitives, gerunds and noun ...
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"I want someone to do something." — Where are arguments here?
In an ongoing attempt to find the examples where complements and arguments don't coincide with each other, I came across these two answers of the user "BillJ".
from BillJ's answer on english....
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example sentences of the verbs, "deter, enrich, and help", which have content clauses as their subject [closed]
I am interested in the question of what kind of verbs allows a content clause as a subject. I found a list of such verbs in The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language (P.957).
amuse bother deter ...
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Subject placement in not only ... but also construction
This is an example taken from cambridge dictionary article not only ... but also:
Not only did she forget my birthday, but she also didn’t even
apologise for forgetting it.
In their example, the ...
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Is the word “it” needed after a comma in this situation?
Here is an example of my sentence:
The physical therapy visit was not dated, did not contain the name or date of service, and therefore could not be validated.
Someone is trying to correct me and ...
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Here's/There's me, when I was six
The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language (Page 1390) says this:
[14] ii [viewing a photograph] H̲e̲r̲e̲’̲s̲/̲T̲h̲e̲r̲e̲’̲s̲ ̲m̲e̲, when I was six. [...]
In [14ii] the personal pronoun is in the ...
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"Recorded on it" as a subject
I am unsure if the phrase "Recorded on it" can be used as a subject.
He found a blueprint. Recorded on it was a device used by the Order.
Does this sound grammatically correct?
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type of apple vs type of apples [duplicate]
There are 4 types of apples: sweet, sour, spicy, and tangy. Referring to the sweet type
This type of apple is prevalent in northern regions.
This type of apples is prevalent in northern regions.
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Why does this sentence not mean reliable primary sources X (verb) the debate of the historians?
Why is the third "that" not implying the primary sources modify something about the historian's hot debate?
It is a sad but just indictment of some high school history textbooks that they ...
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Which is correct has or have Neither of the balls has/have any air [duplicate]
Neither of the balls has/have any air.
Use has or have?
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Do I need to repeat the subject after a semicolon splitting two sentences that have the same subject in formal written English?
Do I need to repeat the subject after a semicolon splitting two sentences that have the same subject in formal written English?
For example:
He talked to the owners, which was understandable; paid ...
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Subject identification in the sentence "All he does is invite random strangers on the internet to play games with him."
What is the subject of the following sentence?
All he does is invite random strangers on the internet to play games with him.
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What Is 'Given' Information according to the 'Given-before-New' Principle?
In Steven Pinker's book The Sense of Style, he talks about the 'given-before-new' principle (most notably on pages 131–138). He states, '... people learn by integrating new information into their ...
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Can I front an adverbial phrase like "high among the clouds"?
While writing a fantasy narration I created this sentence:
High among the clouds a castle floated.
My American friend tells me it sounds bad to a native ear. I think he sees a problem with the ...
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Subjective and objective case? [duplicate]
Is it correct to say
I am faster than him at swimming
Or
I am faster than he at swimming
I've heard that the first sentence is wrong because you can't compare the subjective case with the ...
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