13 Answered Questions for the topic Subjects
07/29/19
Confusing rule about subject-verb agreement?
I am currently working through "The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation" by Jane Straus. In the section on subject-verb agreement the author describes a rule for sentences that begin with "there"...
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What is the name of this grammatical phenomenon?
I have observed that many native English speakers (esp. American English, in my experience) tend, within the same sentence, to start a new clause whose subject is an element of the previous clause....
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06/23/19
Implied subject with "i.e."?
Is it required that an `i.e.` clause have an explicit subject? Preferred? *E.g.*, is the following sentence correct? >She was not amenable, i.e., turned him down. Or would it have to be >She...
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Clauses in Sentences?
I understand that a clause contains (in order) a subject, verb and object, like below: > He let his daughter. "He" is the subject, "let" is the verb and "his daughter" is the object. But what...
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Where is the subject in "as was traditional for unmarried women"?
My senior English teacher was a tad bit confused where the subject for *was* is in this sentence: > As was traditional for unmarried women, Jane lived at home her entire life.
can we omit the subject while talking?
ı have read a book and heard of it a lot.someone is talking and says"could not sleep last night" or "just preparing" sentences like that can we always do this or just only while speaking
03/23/19
When can I omit the subject?
Can I omit the subject if it has been mentioned in a preceding sentence?
For example, is the phrase inside the parentheses necessary in the below?:
>> The sculpture A exhibits degradation...
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03/21/19
Double subject construction?
I've recently been having trouble with constructions that seem to mark two subjects in the same clause. I've only encountered them in ~の方が... constructions, but I can't seem to make sense of them...
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When can I omit the subject?
Can I omit the subject if it has been mentioned in a preceding sentence? For example, is the phrase inside the parentheses necessary in the below?: >> The sculpture A exhibits degradation at...
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Subjects Confidence Level Statics
05/18/18
A doctor wants to estimate the mean HDL cholesterol of all 20- to 29-year-old females. How many subjects are needed to estimate the mean HDL cholesterol withi
A doctor wants to estimate the mean HDL cholesterol of all 20- to 29-year-old females. How many subjects are needed to estimate the mean HDL cholesterol within 4 points with 99 % confidence...
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Subjects Class
02/07/18
Is there a classification for class subjects?
Like for example, physics, chemistry, and math are classified into the maths and sciences. What about Humanities and Reading and Writing?
Subjects
09/14/16
What's the subject of the sentence I threw the first pitch in the baseball game
My gueston is to answer my homework
Subjects
06/22/16
Divide the following sentences into subject and predicate
John is going to the marker
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