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Yellowstarstruck Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

The subject

Please tell him to play outside.
What is the subject of this sentence? The verb is tell. The object is him and the infinite verb is to play. Cheers Fulvio!
  

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This is a command, so the (understood) subject is you .

— Philip

  • This is a command, so the (understood) subject is you .
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This is a command, so the (understood) subject is you.
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yellowstarstruckPlease tell him to play outside.
This is an imperative clause. The subject is understood as “you”.

(You meant “infinitive”.)
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