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KhoshtipMan Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Subjects in Englsih

Is there any sentence in English which doesn't have a subject in itself?
Give some examples please.
  

Top answer

Imperative sentences don't have explicit subjects: Stand up. G o away! Be here by seven o'clock.

— Fivejedjon

  • Imperative sentences don't have explicit subjects: Stand up.
  • G o away!
  • Be here by seven o'clock.
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Imperative sentences don't have explicit subjects:

Stand up.
Go away!
Be here by seven o'clock.
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What about these:

Where to go?
The glass is broken.
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The first is not a complete sentence.
The second has a subject - the glass.
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So how to complete it please?
And what is the definition of the subject in English?
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KhoshtipManAnd what is the definition of the subject in English?
The subject is a one of the five major elements of the sentence and usually comes first in the declarative sentence preceding verb which has to agree with it in number and person.
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KhoshtipManWhere to go?
Where do you want to go?

They didn't know where to go.
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KhoshtipManSo how to complete it please?
That is incomplete. There is no main verb. An infinitive is not a finite verb. Every sentence requires a finite verb.

So how should I complete it?
So tell me how to complete it, please.
KhoshtipManAnd what is the definition of the subject in English
The
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I would think a subject is a person/thing/place/idea that is doing/being something.
And what do you mean by the "finite"please?
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KhoshtipManI would think a subject is a person/thing/place/idea that is doing/being something.
That is a great informal definition.
KhoshtipManAnd what do you mean by the "finite"please?
A finite verb is inflected to express tense and aspect.
In these sentences, the base verb "go" is a finite verb.

He
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Good introduction to finite verbs for me, thanks.
Since the definition I wrote is great to you and I too like it, I choose that definition for the subjects of sentences.
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