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Takehisa Tanaka Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Part of speech

Hi there.

Could you parse the following sentence please.
The train ride home took a long time.

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I(s) like(v) you(o) very(adv) much(adv).

I think "The train ride home" is subject.
Is that right?

Thanks in advance.
  

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Takehisa Tanaka I think "The train ride home" is the subject. Is that right? Yes, that’s right.

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  • Takehisa Tanaka I think "The train ride home" is the subject.
  • Is that right?
  • Yes, that’s right.
  • However, a subject is a function , not a part of speech.
  • In your second sentence, for example, both the words I and you belong to the same word class: (pro)noun ; their functions are subject and direct object, respectively.
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Takehisa TanakaI think "The train ride home" is the subject. Is that right?
Yes, that’s right. However, a subject is a function, not a part of speech. In your second sentence, for example, both the words I and you belong to the same word class: (pro)noun; their functions are subject and direct object, respectively.
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