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User_english Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

subject and predicate

0I am not able to extract subject and predicate of the following sentences.02br
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00(1) Cruelty to animals shoud be prevented.02br
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00(2) Once there was a little child.02br
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00(3) Here are the packs of cards.02br
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00Could anyone extract subject and predicate from the above sentences?0-
  

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0(1) Cruelty to animals 01b 00/ 02b 00 should be prevented = S 01b 00 /02b 00 P02br 02br 00(2) Once 01b 00/02b 00 there 01b 00/02b 00 was 01b 00/ 02b 00 a little child = P (adv) 01b 00/02b 00 false S 01b 00 / 02b 00 P (verb) 01b 00/02b 00 S02br 02br 00(3) Here are 01b 00/ 02b 00 the packs of cards = P 01b 00/02b 00 S0-

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  • 0(1) Cruelty to animals 01b 00/ 02b 00 should be prevented = S 01b 00 /02b 00 P02br 02br 00(2) Once 01b 00/02b 00 there 01b 00/02b 00 was 01b 00/ 02b 00 a little child = P (adv) 01b 00/02b 00 false S 01b 00 / 02b 00 P (verb) 01b 00/02b 00 S02br 02br 00(3) Here are 01b 00/ 02b 00 the packs of cards = P 01b 00/02b 00 S0-
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0(1) Cruelty to animals 01b00/ 02b00 should be prevented = S 01b00 /02b00 P02br
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00(2) Once 01b00/02b00 there 01b00/02b00 was 01b00/ 02b00 a little child = P (adv) 01b00/02b00 false S 01b00 / 02b00 P (v
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01cite10Mister Micawber12cite10(1) Cruelty to animals 11b10/ 12b10 should be prevented = S 11b10 /12b10 P12br
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10(3) Here are 11b10/ 12b10 the packs of cards = P 11b10/12b10 S12br
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10(2) Once
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00Once / there / was / a little child = P (adv) / false S / P (verb) / S 12blockquote
10Introductory or existential 01b01i00there02i02b00 postpones the real subject, and is sometimes called a 01u00false subject02u00; other grammarians call01b01i00 there02
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01cite10Mister Micawber12cite11blockquote
10Once / there / was / a little child = P (adv) / false S / P (verb) / S 22blockquote
20Introductory or existential 11b11i10there12i12b10 postpones the real subject, and is sometimes called a 11u10fa
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0Some more sentences :02br
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00Please excuse our coming a little late.02br
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00I must insist on your coming early.02br
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00Do you mind my smoking a pipe?02br
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00Where is subject and predicate in the above sentences?0-
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0 How about taking a guess yourself? I'm sure that you can at least find the verb and its complement or object. The remainder will be S.0-
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01cite10Mister Micawber12cite10How about taking a guess yourself? I'm sure that you can at least find the verb and its complement or object. The remainder will be S.12br
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10Thank you,02br
01span00I am guessing. You check whether
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0Two out of three! #2 and #3 are correct.02br
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00#1 is wrong.02br
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01i00Please excuse our coming a little late. 02i00 01i00Coming02i00 is a non-finite form of the verb01i00 come-- 02i00it has the same function as 01i00coming 02i00in the next sentence. What is
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0This is how I see it:02br
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00Please excuse our coming a little late = predicate02br
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00(You) Please excuse our coming a little late.02br
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00The subject, you, is omitted02br
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00please -- adverb02br
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00our coming late -- gerund phrase, and object of 'excuse'.0-
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01cite10Mister Micawber12cite10Two out of three! #2 and #3 are correct.12br
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10#1 is wrong.12br
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11i10Please excuse our coming a little late. 12i10 11i10Coming12i10 is a non-finite form of the verb11i10 come-- 12i10it has th
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