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SeroMack Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Asking about the subject

I know that I'm fat.

What is the right way of asking about the subject?

Who knows that they are fat?
  

Top answer

Do you mean the grammatical subject of the sentence or the topic of the sentence? The first seems rather mindless: what would be the answer? 'I do'?

  • Do you mean the grammatical subject of the sentence or the topic of the sentence?
  • The first seems rather mindless: what would be the answer?
  • 'I do'?
  • 'You do'?
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Do you mean the grammatical subject of the sentence or the topic of the sentence? The first seems rather mindless: what would be the answer? 'I do'? 'You do'?
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Yes, the grammatical subject, i.e. I.


You know, there are some task asking a student to form as many questions within one statement as possible. So, we can ask about the direct and indirect object (using question words like how and
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Then I would choose a more reasonable sentence. 'I' is a rather silly subject to question.

Jeremy Lin knows that he's a rising star.
Who knows that he's a rising star?

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