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Persian Learner Posted 10 years ago
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Simple subject.
Hi.
They led in time to other inventions.
They is a simple subject here, right? My textbooks has labeled it as a complete subject.
They led in time to other inventions.
They is a simple subject here, right? My textbooks has labeled it as a complete subject.
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Persian Learner They is a simple subject here, right? Right. Persian Learner My textbooks has labeled it as a complete subject.
- Persian Learner They is a simple subject here, right?
- Right.
- Persian Learner My textbooks has labeled it as a complete subject.
- It is also the complete subject, just as 'time' is both a noun and a noun phrase there.
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Persian LearnerThey is a simple subject here, right?Right.
Persian LearnerMy textbooks has labeled it as a complete subject.It is also the complete subject, just as 'time' is both a noun and a noun phrase there.
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How could they be regarded as a complete subject while it doesn't have any modifier?
And what do you mean that time is a noun phrase, too?
And what do you mean that time is a noun phrase, too?
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Persian LearnerHow could they be regarded as a complete subject while it doesn't have any modifier?It is merely the standard definition: complete subjects are all the words of the subject—even if it is just one word.
Persian LearnerAnd what do you mean that time is a noun phrase, too?For the same reason. In most linguisti
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