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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Simple vs. Compound Subjects
Could someone review the following sentences and make sure I've found all the simple (or compound) subjects?
"What time is your flight scheduled to leave from Milwaukee?" (simple subject = time)
"Leather bags, wine, and hand-blown glass were available in Paris." (compound subject = leather bags, wine, hand-blown glass)
"We enjoyed shopping as we walked hand-in-hand." (simple subject = we; would the other 'we' count as being a subject? I thought no because it would imply the same thing as the initial "We.")
"Do Grace and her family really like classic plays?" (compound subject = Grace, family)
"John, Shirley and Michele are good friends, but each lives in a different city and state." (compound subject = John, Shirley, Michele)
"What time is your flight scheduled to leave from Milwaukee?" (simple subject = time)
"Leather bags, wine, and hand-blown glass were available in Paris." (compound subject = leather bags, wine, hand-blown glass)
"We enjoyed shopping as we walked hand-in-hand." (simple subject = we; would the other 'we' count as being a subject? I thought no because it would imply the same thing as the initial "We.")
"Do Grace and her family really like classic plays?" (compound subject = Grace, family)
"John, Shirley and Michele are good friends, but each lives in a different city and state." (compound subject = John, Shirley, Michele)
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" these are complex sentences, therefore independent and dependent clauses have their own subjects. We enjoyed and We walked are parts of different clauses. each is a pronoun and also a subject of that dependent clause.
- " these are complex sentences, therefore independent and dependent clauses have their own subjects.
- We enjoyed and We walked are parts of different clauses.
- each is a pronoun and also a subject of that dependent clause.
- In both sentences dependent clauses are adverbial.
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"We enjoyed shopping as we walked hand-in-hand."
"John, Shirley and Michele are good friends, but each lives in a different city and state."
these are complex sentences, therefore independent and dependent clauses have their own subjects.
We enjoyed and We walked are parts of different clauses.
each is a pronoun and also a subject of that dependent clause. In both sentenc
"John, Shirley and Michele are good friends, but each lives in a different city and state."
these are complex sentences, therefore independent and dependent clauses have their own subjects.
We enjoyed and We walked are parts of different clauses.
each is a pronoun and also a subject of that dependent clause. In both sentenc
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Okay, so then in
Okay, so then in
hailsatyr"We enjoyed shopping as we walked hand-in-hand."...so "We" and "we" would be considered the compound subjects.
hailsatyr"John, Shirley and Michele are good friends, but each lives in a different city and state."...and in this case, John, Shirley, Michele, and each are the compou
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