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Dominique 4595 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Subject existence

I heard that in english we must always have a subject, except in imperative(in my native language its not necesssary).Is this true?

It's confunsing cause I ve seen sentences that appears to me to have no subject like: ''Ana will eat a banana and drink juice.''(doenst have a subject)/ ''he will go to the bank so as to withdraw money.''( doesnst have).

  

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dominique 4595 Is this true? Inflected (finite) verbs must have a (grammatical) subject. The subject of a non-finite verb, if not explicit, is derived or inferred from the finite-verb clause in which it appears.

  • dominique 4595 Is this true?
  • Inflected (finite) verbs must have a (grammatical) subject.
  • The subject of a non-finite verb, if not explicit, is derived or inferred from the finite-verb clause in which it appears.
  • '' This sentence has a compound predicate.
  • They two verbs share the same subject.
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dominique 4595Is this true?

Inflected (finite) verbs must have a (grammatical) subject.
The subject of a non-finite verb, if not explicit, is derived or inferred from the finite-verb clause in which it appears.

'Ana will eat a banana and drink juice.'' This sentence has a compound predicate. They two verbs share the same subject.

'Ana w

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