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Grammar
Subject-predicate
please let me know what should be the subject and predicate in the following sentences ---
1. Gone are all those golden dreams.
2. The golden dreams are gone.
i would like to know only the subject and the predicate in the above sentences with reasons. please help me with them.
1. Gone are all those golden dreams.
2. The golden dreams are gone.
i would like to know only the subject and the predicate in the above sentences with reasons. please help me with them.
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In both sentences, the subject is 'dreams' and the predicate is 'are gone'. Inverted word order does not affect the functions.
- In both sentences, the subject is 'dreams' and the predicate is 'are gone'.
- Inverted word order does not affect the functions.
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In both sentences, the subject is 'dreams' and the predicate is 'are gone'. Inverted word order does not affect the functions.
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1. "Gone are": predicate.
"all those golden dreams": subject.
2. "The golden dreams":subject.
"are gone": predicate.
Sentence #1 is "literary" or used when you want to sound "dramatic".
Sentence #2 has the usual word order of English sentences.
Miriam
"all those golden dreams": subject.
2. "The golden dreams":subject.
"are gone": predicate.
Sentence #1 is "literary" or used when you want to sound "dramatic".
Sentence #2 has the usual word order of English sentences.
Miriam
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In the first sentence,"all those golden dreams" is the subject because "dreams" is "what" performs the action and "all those golden" are just determiners attributing qualities and specifying the word dreams."Gone are " is the predicate because this clause shows the action performed by "all those golden dreams".
In the second sentence,"The golden dreams "is the subject because it performs
In the second sentence,"The golden dreams "is the subject because it performs
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