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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Is please a subject

In the sentence

Please give everyone a slice of watermelon.

is Please the Subject?
  

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No, "please" is not the subject because "please" is not someone who is going to give the slice of watermelon. If there were a person named "Please," the sentence would be: Please give s everyone a slice of watermelon.

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  • No, "please" is not the subject because "please" is not someone who is going to give the slice of watermelon.
  • If there were a person named "Please," the sentence would be: Please give s everyone a slice of watermelon.
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No, "please" is not the subject because "please" is not someone who is going to give the slice of watermelon.

If there were a person named "Please," the sentence would be:

Please gives everyone a slice of watermelon.
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AnonymousPlease give everyone a slice of watermelon.
This is an imperative (a command).

Give everyone a slice of watermelon.

The subject of all imperatives is "you", even if it is not said or written. It's an implied subject.

CJ
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Hi,

'Please' is an interjection in the Please, give everyone a slice of watermelon. Such a word is usually outside the syntax structure of the clause.
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