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Persian Learner Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Sentence correction

Hi.
Is the following sentence grammatical? If not, why?

Before bed time makes me mad.

I wanted to use a prepositional phrase as the subject of the sentence.
  

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Persian Learner Is the following sentence grammatical? If not, why? No.

— AlpheccaStars

  • Persian Learner Is the following sentence grammatical?
  • If not, why?
  • No.
  • " I think you mean this.
  • I always get angry before bedtime.
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Persian LearnerIs the following sentence grammatical? If not, why?
No. It's an incorrect use of "make."

I think you mean this.
I always get angry before bedtime.
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AlpheccaStarsI always get angry before bedtime.
But the prepositional phrase is no longer the subject of the sentence.

The examples of my textbook are as the following.

Before breakfast is a good time for a swim.

The underlined part functions as the subject of the sentence.

The place for a picnic is
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Persian LearnerBefore breakfast is a good time for a swim.
These sentences all use copulas, not dynamic verbs.
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