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Stenka25 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
'Adjective Phrases' can function as subject
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00 • Printed on the box at the center of a coffeehouse [ 01 font 01 u 01 b 00 was/ were 02 b 02 u 02 font 00 ] the words "To Insure Promptness." 02 br
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00 It is said that the answer is ' 01 b 01 u 01 font 00 were 02 font 02 u 02 b 00 ' because the subject of the questioned sentence is 01 font 01 b 01 u 00 'the words 02 u 02 b 02 font 00 .' 02 br
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00 But a syntax I read has another theory. 02 br
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00 It says 'Adjective Phrases' can function as subject like the following sentence. 02 br
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00 • Emotionless and expressionless is what I would call him here. 02 br
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00 And I have also 'googled' with "printed on" and I have found the following sentence supporting my argument. 02 br
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00 • Printed on each card 01 font 01 b 01 u 00 was 02 u 02 b 02 font 00 the student's name, the date, and three boxes to check. 02 br
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00 As I have shown, I think the answer of the question should be both. 02 br
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00 The following is a question given to students. 02 br
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00 Please try the question. 02 br
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00 Can you get the correct answer? 02 br
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00 • Printed on the box at the center of a coffeehouse [ 01 font 01 u 01 b 00 was/ were 02 b 02 u 02 font 00 ] the words "To Insure Promptness." 02 br
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00 It is said that the answer is ' 01 b 01 u 01 font 00 were 02 font 02 u 02 b 00 ' because the subject of the questioned sentence is 01 font 01 b 01 u 00 'the words 02 u 02 b 02 font 00 .' 02 br
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00 But a syntax I read has another theory. 02 br
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00 It says 'Adjective Phrases' can function as subject like the following sentence. 02 br
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00 • Emotionless and expressionless is what I would call him here. 02 br
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00 And I have also 'googled' with "printed on" and I have found the following sentence supporting my argument. 02 br
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00 • Printed on each card 01 font 01 b 01 u 00 was 02 u 02 b 02 font 00 the student's name, the date, and three boxes to check. 02 br
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00 As I have shown, I think the answer of the question should be both. 02 br
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00 What do you think? 02 br
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00 Thanks for reading my argument in advance. 0-
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1 b 00 were 02 b 00 in both cases 02 br 00 I'd use 01 b 00 were 02 b 00 in the 2nd too too, because this is a plurality of items which are all printed, and you have AND (not or) between them. The author went after the singular in "name," but I think this was wrong. 0-
- 1 b 00 were 02 b 00 in both cases 02 br 00 I'd use 01 b 00 were 02 b 00 in the 2nd too too, because this is a plurality of items which are all printed, and you have AND (not or) between them.
- The author went after the singular in "name," but I think this was wrong.
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1 b 00 were 02 b 00 in both cases 02 br
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00 I'd use 01 b 00 were 02 b 00 in the 2nd too too, because this is a plurality of items which are all printed, and you have AND (not or) between them. The author went after the singular in "name," but I think this was wrong. 0-
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0 >On the paper 01 span 00 was 02 span 00 01 u 00 all the remarks 02 u 00 Joe’s classmates had made about him. 02 br
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00 I think 01 b 00 were 02 b 00 is the correct verb here. See the hits at Google Books by highly educated English book authors: 02 br
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Dear friends,
please let us know wether an adjective phrase can be a subject or not ? Thats because I am an English student and this is a very important thing not only for me, even for all the other English learners,so I am very interested in finding out the possibility of that. We had a disscution about it in our class and I accepted it as a subject in the sentence but how I can
please let us know wether an adjective phrase can be a subject or not ? Thats because I am an English student and this is a very important thing not only for me, even for all the other English learners,so I am very interested in finding out the possibility of that. We had a disscution about it in our class and I accepted it as a subject in the sentence but how I can
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Of course it can:
'Beautiful' is a difficult word to spell.
The rich get rich and the poor get poorer.
The best is yet to come.
Other than that, I suggest that you read Stenka's and Jim's remarks again. Much depends on how the grammarian views the sentence structure and the concept of inversion.
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Of course it can:
'Beautiful' is a difficult word to spell.
The rich get rich and the poor get poorer.
The best is yet to come.
Other than that, I suggest that you read Stenka's and Jim's remarks again. Much depends on how the grammarian views the sentence structure and the concept of inversion.
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