In most cases the subject is generally placed at the beginning of the sentence but it may also occur at the middle or at the end of the sentence. Many cheerful young children/ play outside in the evening during summer. Many young children /play outside in the evening. (Introductory subject) (real subject) LENGTH OF SUBJECT AND PREDICATE Sometimes an ‘introductory there’ may be used along with a postponed subject. Preparatory ‘It‘ may be used as a dummy subject. Noun clause may be used as a subject SUBJECT Non finite verbs may also be used as subjects SUBJECT While the last two have ‘ Noun phrases’ as their subject. The next two have ‘ pronouns‘ as their subject. In the given examples the first two examples have ‘ single noun’ as subject. The subject generally contains a ‘noun’, ‘a pronoun’ or ‘a noun-phrase’, and the predicate contains the ‘Verb-phrase’. The part of the sentence which says something (gives information) about the subject forms the predicate of the sentence. The part of the sentence which names what the sentence is about forms the subject. In sentence 2 the phrase ‘ A big maple tree’ forms the subject of the sentence and ‘ stood in the corner of the garden’ forms the predicate part of the sentence. The words ‘ lives in a big house’ says something about Melinda is the predicate of the sentence. In sentence 1, Melinda is the subject of the sentence. A big maple tree/ stood in a corner of the garden.
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