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Stenka25 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
What is the subject of this sentence?
The below is from an essay written by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
In the underlined part can you tell me what is the subject?
At a glance, it seems "In sickness, in fatigue," is a subject because of its position.
But I'm not sure. Can you help me?
The least activity of the intellectual powers redeems us in a degree from the conditions of time. In sickness, in fatigue, give us a strain of poetry or a profound sentence, and we are refreshed; or produce a volume of Plato or Shakespeare, or remind us of their names, and instantly we come into a feeling of longevity.
In the underlined part can you tell me what is the subject?
At a glance, it seems "In sickness, in fatigue," is a subject because of its position.
But I'm not sure. Can you help me?
The least activity of the intellectual powers redeems us in a degree from the conditions of time. In sickness, in fatigue, give us a strain of poetry or a profound sentence, and we are refreshed; or produce a volume of Plato or Shakespeare, or remind us of their names, and instantly we come into a feeling of longevity.
Top answer
give is an imperative; the implied subject is "you". Give us a strain of poetry, and we are refreshed ~ If you give us a strain of poetry, we [are / will be] refreshed. ~ If we are given a strain of poetry, we [are / will be] refreshed.
- give is an imperative; the implied subject is "you".
- Give us a strain of poetry, and we are refreshed ~ If you give us a strain of poetry, we [are / will be] refreshed.
- ~ If we are given a strain of poetry, we [are / will be] refreshed.
- The same pattern occurs again after the underlined portion.
- ______________ This is a grammatical pattern worth learning.
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give is an imperative; the implied subject is "you".
Give us a strain of poetry, and we are refreshed
~
If you give us a strain of poetry, we [are / will be] refreshed.
~
If we are given a strain of poetry, we [are / will be] refreshed.
The same pattern occurs again after the underlined portion.
______________
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Give us a strain of poetry, and we are refreshed
~
If you give us a strain of poetry, we [are / will be] refreshed.
~
If we are given a strain of poetry, we [are / will be] refreshed.
The same pattern occurs again after the underlined portion.
______________
Th
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