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Laborious Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
I need your help with 'simple' and 'complete' subjects, please
Hi there teachers, It's been a long time since I asked a question here. I hope you all will be good. Anyway, today I need your help with 'subjects'. What actually is a subject in a sentence? I mean, how do you define the term 'subject' in English?
Firstly, I'm presenting my understanding about what a subject is in front of you, and I'd like you to give your opinions on it, please.
SUBJECT: A subject is a word or a group of words which the whole sentence is about. A subject is that part of sentence which performs or carries out the action described in the verb that is given in the sentence.
I think I'm right so far, am I not?
What I'm particularly confused about are the 'simple subject' and the 'complete subject'. I'm having difficulty understanding them.
The sources where I've read about the 'simple subjects' and 'complete subjects' from say: A simple subject is just one word. A simple subject is that word in a sentence which performs or carries out the action described by the verb in a sentence. It is the agent or the doer of the action, while a complete subject is a group of words - it's not just one word - which the whole sentence is about or which performs or carries out the action described by the verb a the sentence.
What confuses me is the parts which I've underlined above. They have said the same thing about both the 'simple subject' and the 'complete subject' in the underlined parts.
Thank you all.
Firstly, I'm presenting my understanding about what a subject is in front of you, and I'd like you to give your opinions on it, please.
SUBJECT: A subject is a word or a group of words which the whole sentence is about. A subject is that part of sentence which performs or carries out the action described in the verb that is given in the sentence.
I think I'm right so far, am I not?
What I'm particularly confused about are the 'simple subject' and the 'complete subject'. I'm having difficulty understanding them.
The sources where I've read about the 'simple subjects' and 'complete subjects' from say: A simple subject is just one word. A simple subject is that word in a sentence which performs or carries out the action described by the verb in a sentence. It is the agent or the doer of the action, while a complete subject is a group of words - it's not just one word - which the whole sentence is about or which performs or carries out the action described by the verb a the sentence.
What confuses me is the parts which I've underlined above. They have said the same thing about both the 'simple subject' and the 'complete subject' in the underlined parts.
Thank you all.
Top answer
Laborious A subject is a word or a group of words which the whole sentence is about. I think that is a little misleading. Remember that 'subject' is a grammar term and does not necessarily refer to real life.
- Laborious A subject is a word or a group of words which the whole sentence is about.
- I think that is a little misleading.
- Remember that 'subject' is a grammar term and does not necessarily refer to real life.
- Laborious A subject is that part of sentence which performs or carries out the action described in the verb that is given in the sentence.
- True for active voice, not passive voice.
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LaboriousA subject is a word or a group of words which the whole sentence is about.I think that is a little misleading. Remember that 'subject' is a grammar term and does not necessarily refer to real life.
Laborious A subject is that part of sentence which performs or carries out the action described in the verb that is given in the
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Thanks a lot, Mister Micawber, for replying; however, I'd like to ask you a few more things about the topic, please.
Mister MicawberLaborious A subject is that part of sentence which performs or carries out the action described in the verb that is given in the sentence.True for active voice, not passive voice.Okay. Are you suggesting that in passive voi
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Laboriousin the sentence "The slow mailman was bitten by the big black dog", isn't the subject 'the big black dog'? -No; the subject is 'the slow mailman', while the dog is called the 'agent'. In active sentences, the subject is also the agent.
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