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Rambharosey Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Subject of this sentence..

Could someone let me know what is the subject of the following sentence:

Franklin Roosevelt is believed to be the greatest ever President.

Thanks,

Ram.
  

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Franklin Roosevelt

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I don't think so. I think this is a passive voice construction and subject should be 'people' (who believe), not explicitly mentioned in the sentence. Can someone please confirm.

Bharosey.
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I can confirm the prior poster's answer, and not your interpretation.

Don't confuse the grammatical subject of the sentence with "doer" or agent of the action.

The winning goal was scored by Peter. -- The GOAL is the grammatical subject. It doesn't matter that Peter is the one who scored it.

Franklin Roosevelt is the grammatical subject of the sentence.
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rambharoseyI don't think so. I think this is a passive voice construction and subject should be 'people' (who believe), not explicitly mentioned in the sentence. Can someone please confirm.

Bharosey.
No. "Subject" refers to the 'surface subject' of the sentence. To find the subject it is not necessary to rephrase the sentence or to think deeply abou
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