What is the subject
What is the subject in the following sentence?
How forgetful of me to not bring the soap?
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car file 686 What is the subject in the following sentence? How forgetful of me to not bring not to bring the soap? I'd say the subject is 'not to bring the soap': Not to bring the soap was ( how =so) forgetful of me.
- car file 686 What is the subject in the following sentence?
- How forgetful of me to not bring not to bring the soap?
- I'd say the subject is 'not to bring the soap': Not to bring the soap was ( how =so) forgetful of me.
- CJ
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car file 686What is the subject in the following sentence?
How forgetful of me
to not bringnot to bring the soap?
I'd say the subject is 'not to bring the soap':
Not to bring the soap was (how=so) forgetful of
0As I see it, there is no subject. There is no finite verb, either.
CB
0car file 686What is the subject in the following sentence?
How forgetful of me to not bring the soap?
I'd analyse it as a verbless exclamative clause involving the omission of "it" and "be":
How forgetful it was of me not to bring the soap.
The infinitival clause is thus an extraposed subject.
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