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Listenever Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Isn't why we fight...?
At 58 seconds, Tony Stark says:
Isn't why we fight so we can end the fight and go home?
Where is the subject in this sentence??
I'm familiar with a declarative sentence without the subject in speeches, but is it possible to leave out the subject in a question like this?
Isn't why we fight so we can end the fight and go home?
Where is the subject in this sentence??
I'm familiar with a declarative sentence without the subject in speeches, but is it possible to leave out the subject in a question like this?
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on second thought... Is the subject "why we fight" in that sentence? Does this make sense?
- on second thought...
- Is the subject "why we fight" in that sentence?
- Does this make sense?
- Why we fight is so we can end the fight and go home.
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Wait....on second thought...
Is the subject "why we fight" in that sentence?
Does this make sense?
Why we fight is so we can end the fight and go home.
Is the subject "why we fight" in that sentence?
Does this make sense?
Why we fight is so we can end the fight and go home.
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listeneverIsn't why we fight so we can end the fight and go home?Compare: Isn't this activity so that we can ....
why we fight is an odd subject, but it's the subject. More fully stated: Isn't the purpose of fighting to end the fight and go home?
(The purpose of fighting is to end ...
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