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Jaketodd Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

The Subject or Object of a Clause

I need to write sentences that use the Subject of a Clause and not the Object of a Clause. I did some reading but I can't figure out how to do this. Please help. Examples would really help.

Thanks,

Jake
  

Top answer

Hi, Do you mean clauses that have a subject but no object? eg Tom smiled. eg The house burned.

— Clive

  • Hi, Do you mean clauses that have a subject but no object?
  • eg Tom smiled.
  • eg The house burned.
  • Clive
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Hi,



Do you mean clauses that have a subject but no object?



eg Tom smiled.



eg The house burned.



Clive

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It can have an object. Can you give me an example of a sentence that uses a subject of a clause, and another example that uses an object of a clause? And it would really help if you defined which word(s) in the examples are the object, subject, and clause.

Thanks!

Jake
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Would you, by chance, be intending to say, "a sentence that uses a clause as a subject and a sentence that uses a clause as an object"?

CJ
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Hi,

We don't clearly understand what you are looking for.

How about this?

Example 1 What you said pleased me.

The pink part here is a subject clause.



Example 2 I liked what you said.

The pink part here is an object clause.



Perhaps it would help us to undersand if you explained to us w
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I figured out how to do it now. Thank you for your patience and help.

Jake
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Aren't you going to tell us the answer? Emotion: sad

CJ
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Hi,

Yes, please do.

Clive
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Trying to draft a legal document
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Hi again,

Can you give us an example of the kind of sentence you were looking for?

We are curious by nature.

Clive
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It's of a private nature.
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