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Mango chalk 117 Posted 5 years ago
Grammar
Subject in interrogative linking verb sentences
Which word is the subject in "Whose book is this?" and in "What is the matter"?
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jw
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mango chalk 117 Whose book is this? The subject is "this". Compare: This is your book.
- mango chalk 117 Whose book is this?
- The subject is "this".
- Compare: This is your book.
- This is Tom's book.
- mango chalk 117 What is the matter?
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mango chalk 117Whose book is this?
The subject is "this".
Compare: This is your book. This is Tom's book.
mango chalk 117What is the matter?
"what" is the subject.
Compare: Something's the matter. Nothing's the matter.
CJ
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