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Raghavendra Rao Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
subject and object
There is a cow in the field.
1)Identify the subject and object. Over and above state the reasons.
I do know that subject is something that does action. In the above sentence there is no action performed on no object.
In asked my question in this regard.
2)Could you mention the voice and change it to other voice.
1)Identify the subject and object. Over and above state the reasons.
I do know that subject is something that does action. In the above sentence there is no action performed on no object.
In asked my question in this regard.
2)Could you mention the voice and change it to other voice.
Top answer
, they do not carry an action and therefore neither take objects nor have a passive form. " (1) A cow is a quadruped. (2) The cow seems docile.
- , they do not carry an action and therefore neither take objects nor have a passive form.
- " (1) A cow is a quadruped.
- (2) The cow seems docile.
- (3) The cow looks placid In these sentences, what follows the verb is a complement , either a defining noun (1) or a descriptive adjective (2,3).
- In your example, there isn't even a complement.
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The verb "is" is a copulative or linking verb, and these kind of verbs are intransitive, i.e., they do not carry an action and therefore neither take objects nor have a passive form. Linking verbs are verbs of existence, appearance, and sensation: The subject is the noun that the sentence is about, in your example, "cow."
(1) A cow is a quadruped.
(2) The cow seems docile.
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