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Anil17 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

What is the subject in this question, please?

Hi

I need to find the subject, verb and object in the following sentence:

"It was a neat little house".

I looked for the verb first, and it is "was".

This means the subject and object are "It" and "house", respectfully. Can anyone confirm please?

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Greetings, the subject is 'It' (with reference forwards - to 'a neat little house' /cataphoric reference/), the verb is 'was' (the only verb in the sentence), and the subject complement is 'a neat little house'. The sentence has no object. Respectfully, Gleb Chebrikoff

— Andriy Lapin

  • Greetings, the subject is 'It' (with reference forwards - to 'a neat little house' /cataphoric reference/), the verb is 'was' (the only verb in the sentence), and the subject complement is 'a neat little house'.
  • The sentence has no object.
  • Respectfully, Gleb Chebrikoff
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Greetings,

the subject is 'It' (with reference forwards - to 'a neat little house' /cataphoric reference/), the verb is 'was' (the only verb in the sentence), and the subject complement is 'a neat little house'. The sentence has no object.

Respectfully, Gleb Chebrikoff
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Thank you Gleb

That was a question from the Concise First Aid in English Book.

Regards

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