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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Prepositional phrase as subject
Hi,
Grateful if anyone can answer me whether in the following sentence, the prepostional phrase "over two executive members" is the subject of the sentence:
Over two executive members have resigned from the executive committee.
Regards.
C.K.
Grateful if anyone can answer me whether in the following sentence, the prepostional phrase "over two executive members" is the subject of the sentence:
Over two executive members have resigned from the executive committee.
Regards.
C.K.
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Yes, and the simple subject is 'members', but the statement is ridiculous-- surely the writer can count. -- Two members have resigned Three members have resigned
- Yes, and the simple subject is 'members', but the statement is ridiculous-- surely the writer can count.
- -- Two members have resigned Three members have resigned
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Yes, and the simple subject is 'members', but the statement is ridiculous-- surely the writer can count. Which is it?--
Two members have resigned
Three members have resigned
Two members have resigned
Three members have resigned
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Then, how about "Over two million people have died" if the writer could not give the exact number. As far as I know, a prepositional phrase can take the place of a complement or an adverbial in a sentence but cannot serve as a subject or object. Here, I doubt whether "over" is a preposition or it actually is an adverb modifying the numberal "two million". So, "over two million people" is a no
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AnonymousOver two million peopleThis is not a prepositional phrase. over is an adverb of degree meaning more than.
None of the following are prepositional phrases.
almost two million
over two million
exactly two million
about two million
around two million
CJ
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