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now let's look at identifying subjects
subjects are nouns or pronouns which tell
who or what this performing the action express
in the sentence or who or what
is being discussed nouns are words that identify persons places and things
pronouns that you can use his subjects are
I you he she
it we or they you can identify subjects has complete subjects
or simple subjects a complete subject is noun
are pronoun and the descriptive words surrounding it
that form this subject for instance in the sentence
a day in the mountains is my idea of heaven
the complete subject
is a day in the mountains a simple subject is the main noun
or pronoun found in the complete subject and the sentence
the simple subject this day subjects can appear in various locations in sentence
you can often locate a subject in the opening words
of a sentence placing the subject at the beginning of the sentence
lets the reader or audience know immediately who or what
is being discussed consider the
following sentence the students in the classroom
are waiting for the instructor to appear to find subject to the sentence
or the subject of any sentence ask yourself the question
who or what
and fill in the blank with the remainder
of the sentence who are waiting for the instructor to appear
the answer to the question is the complete subject
students in the classroom or
the simple subject students a subject can also appear
here near the end of a sentence. sentences in which subjects are located in the closing
words
are called inverted sentences the root of the word inverted
is the Latin word vert which means to turn
inverted sentences are turned around so the subject
which would generally appear at the beginning of the sentence
instead appears after the verb some common inverted sentences are
sentences beginning with the word there
sentences beginning with the word here
and questions let's consider the sentences
there are the long-awaited packages
here are our coworkers
weighting to open the packages when will the rest of packages arrive
the easiest way to locate
the subject is an inverted sentences is to turn the sentence around
so the subject appears first the long-awaited
packages are there our crew workers are waiting to open the package is here
and the rest of the packages will arrive when
now the subjects are clear
in the first sentence the simple subject
is packages what are there
in the second sentence that question who are waiting to
open the Packages leads to the simple searches
coworkers in the third sentence what will arrive
when the complete subject is the rest
the packages a simple subject his rest
using these two techniques turning around the sentence and asking yourself
who or what questions will hope you find
difficult to spot subjects pf inverted sentences
some sentences have you understood subjects
they sentences are imperative sentences which expresses a command
the following are examples the imperative sentences
go home
please write legibly avoid consuming too much
fat generally imperative sentences do not appear in formal writting
except for letters because imperative commands
are best understood in the specific context
some sentences feature more than one subject
when more than one subject is present in a sentence
the subject is compound. compound subjects are
joined by the words and are
either-or or neither-nor
let's circle the compound subjects
Jenny and Leah
both made honor role last semester
Len or Nan will be joining us
for dinner
either Joe or John will make the presentation
now let's go back one more time to the practice sentences
this time will circle the simple subjects
remember we will not find a subject
in a phrase another proposal to reduce the number of firearms in america
is gun-swap programs what
is gun-swap programs
a proposal. Gun-swap programs
offer various incentives in exchange for guns
what is offered in exchange for guns
programs for example
in a gun swap program in New York City citizens were offered a gift certificate
for toys in exchange for turning in
firearm at police station
who is offered
a gift certificate
citizens were offered a gift certificate
during a 14-day period
in December 1993 approximately 1200 firearms were brought to police stations
in the city
what were brought to the police stations in the city
firearms
work right to police stations in the city
in Los Angeles guns could be swapped for tickets to concerts and sporting events
what can be swapped for tickets guns
could be swapped tickets
approximately 400 firearms exchanged in Los Angeles
gun-swap program what was exchanged in los Angeles gun-swap
program firearms were exchanged
other cities are
thinking about it gun-swap program what
are thinking
cities are thinking about it gun-swap program various civil rights
organizations and church groups
have supported these programs and encourage local sponsors
what's supported these programs
organizations
have supported these programs
and church groups have supported these programs
note that there are two simple subjects in a sentence
can gun-swap programs really make a difference and fire arms reduction
what makes a difference programs
what incentives will be needed
for these programs what will be needed for the program's
incentives communities must either try innovative ways a firearm reduction
or accept the number of firearms america's streets since homes
what
must try innovative ways firearm reduction
or accept the number communities
this concludes module one remember
now that you can identify subjects
verbs and prepositional phrases you are ready to move to a module two
sentence parts