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Grapepark Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Subject or Object?

I wonder if "she" in "She is a student" is a subject or an object?
  

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subject

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Thank you
What about "she is a good girl"?
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And in this sentence:
It's Alec's birthday.

Is "Alec" the subject?
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shininggirlIt's Alec's birthday.
The subject is it.

It is Alec’s birthday.

it = subject
is = linking verb
Alec’s birthday = noun phrase as predicative complement

Genitive forms such as Alec’s, my, their, etc., can occur as subject only of a gerund-participial clause, as in
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In your sentence, is it "Alec is" or "Alec + possessive s"?
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