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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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I am having trouble identifying the head of the subject in the following sentence: Thousands of applicants are turned away each year.
Is it "thousands" or "applicants"? Does the same rule apply for "Millions of applicants..."? Thank you in advance for your help.
Is it "thousands" or "applicants"? Does the same rule apply for "Millions of applicants..."? Thank you in advance for your help.
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Thousands is the subject. " of applicants " is a prepositional phrase.
- Thousands is the subject.
- " of applicants " is a prepositional phrase.
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Thousands is the subject.
"of applicants" is a prepositional phrase.
"of applicants" is a prepositional phrase.
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AnonymousI am having trouble identifying the head of the subject in the following sentence: Thousands of applicants are turned away each year. Is it "thousands" or "applicants"?The head of the subject noun phrase thousands of applicants is thousands. The noun applicants is head of the noun phrase applicants, which functions as comp
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