where is the subject of a sentence?

Haxuannguyen · #1 (permalink) Tue Apr 17, 2007 16:13 pm *where is the subject of a sentence?*

there are two women and a duck in the room

Torsten · #2 (permalink) Tue Apr 17, 2007 18:29 pm *where is the subject of a sentence?*

Hi,

Just ask yourself this question: Who is in the room?
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Lost_Soul · #3 (permalink) Wed Apr 18, 2007 6:35 am *where is the subject of a sentence?*

Hi,
the subject is "there" (so called empty subject)

Haihao · #4 (permalink) Wed Apr 18, 2007 8:09 am *where is the subject of a sentence?*

Hi lost_soul,

My two cents is, supposing the two women and duck all emptied or lost their souls (just kidding Very Happy

), the subject would not be empty or lost: 'two women and a duck' should be it. Although a grammatical discussion on it wouldn't be totally unworthwhile I feel that since the be-verb follows the mentioned portion in this case, it could be considered as the subject.

Haihao

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