Subject

"The woman is beautiful," said Tom.

Yes, "Tom" is the subject. Tom did something. OVS

so, how about "the student in AAA school" in " 'The woman is beautiful' said Tom, the student in AAA school" ?

Is "the student in AAA school" the subject as it is an apposition?

yantinso, how about "the student in AAA school" in " 'The woman is beautiful' said Tom, the student in AAA school" ?Is "the student in AAA school" the subject as it is an apposition?

Your phrasing is unnatural. I think you mean "'The woman is beautiful,' said Tom, a student at AAA."

Yes, "a student at AAA" and "Tom" are in apposition. I always think o

so if i have a question asking "what is the subject in the sentence "'The woman is beautiful,' said Tom, a student at AAA." " , the answer should be "Tom, a student at AAA" ?

You need an ESL teacher for this question, and I am not one.

You want to be ready for such a test question. I think that such a test question would not be fair because of the grammatical complexity of apposition, but if I had to answer the question "What is the subject of the sentence?", I would put just "Tom" because he is mentioned first, not parenthetically.

ok , THANKS