A compound subject is two or more nouns, pronouns, or noun phrases acting together as the subject of a clause or sentence. Usually, they are connected by a coordinating conjunction. Here are some examples of sentences with compound subjects: Jack and Jill went up the hill. Neither Mia nor ...
A simple sentence consists of just one independent clause—a group of words that contains at least one subject and at least one verb and can stand alone as a complete sentence—with no dependent clauses. Here are some examples of simple sentences, with the simple subjects and verbs in bold...
In fact, subjects might be the most important parts of sentences. To find a sentence’s subject, usually all you have to ask is: what is this sentence about? Many sentences have only one subject, but they can also have two or more. Sometimes the subject is only one word, called a ...
A subject is the part of a sentence that tells us who or what the sentence is about. A predicate is the part of a sentence with a verb—it’s what the subject is doing. There are two types of subjects in sentences: simple and complete. A simple subject is only the main word or ...
Simple subjects are the easiest to find because the noun stands out without being masked by surrounding words. Some examples of simple subjects are: John planned to go fishing. The tire went flat. A bird ate all the tomatoes. An eagle has sharp talons. Notice how the previous sentences ...
Simple subjects are the easiest to find because the noun stands out without being masked by surrounding words. Some examples of simple subjects are: John planned to go fishing. The tire went flat. A bird ate all the tomatoes. An eagle has sharp talons. Notice how the previous sentences ...
a) The more formal a document is, the more it will use inanimate nouns (i.e. things, processes, ideas, rather than people) as the subjects of sentences. b) The more formal language is, the more frequently passive structures will be used. c) The more formal language is, the more ...
Some sentences have subjects without objects. For example: Types of Objects in Sentences Lesson Summary Register to view this lesson Are you a student or a teacher? FAQ What is an object of a verb in a sentence? The object of a verb receives the action of the verb, answering the question...
The sentence and its parts. Many sentences contain at least one clause. A clause is a sentence containing a subject and a predicate. Understanding and identifying simple subjects and predicates, tricky subjects, and complete subjects and predicates
of pedagogical lexicography over recent decades is the emergence of learners’ dictionaries 2 supported by example sentences or phrases that have been copied or adapted from corpora. However, a series of empirical studies to assess the effects of corpus-based examples in dictionaries has presented ...