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These include compulsory exams in English, mathematics, a foreign language, a science subject and a social subject.
Они включают обязательные экзамены в английский, математику, иностранный язык, научный предмет и социальный предмет.
French is taught as a subject.
Есть такие, в которых французский преподается в качестве одного из предметов.
Each week the class subject will change.
Каждую неделю будет меняться тема, по которой будут проходить занятия в классе.
The economy subject, a subject of creation of jobs still is corner.
«Тема экономики, тема создания рабочих мест по-прежнему является краеугольной.
Negative space may be used to depict a subject in a chosen medium by showing everything around the subject, but not the subject itself.
Негативное пространство может быть использовано, чтобы изобразить предмет в избранной среде, показывая всё вокруг предмета, но не сам предмет.
History is his favorite subject, so he plans to take plenty of courses in that subject as well.
История — его любимый предмет, поэтому он планирует пройти множество курсов и по этому предмету.
This should be the subject of rigorous scientific investigation, and not the subject of rubbishing by tabloid newspapers.
Это должно быть предметом тщательного научного исследования, а не темой, муссирующейся на страницах бульварных изданий».
It’s very important that you identify which subject you should examine and exactly what your audience already knows about the subject.
Важно, чтобы вы определили, какую тему нужно рассмотреть, и что именно ваша аудитория уже знает о теме.
Typically, subject is expressed as keywords or phrases that describe the subject or content of the resource.
Обычно, тема выражается как ключевые слова или фразы, описывающие предмет или содержимое ресурса.
Generate subject line with no encoding (use if notification e-mails contain malformed subject lines)
Создать строку темы без кодировки (используется, если в уведомлениях по эл. почте содержатся неправильно сформированные строки темы)
You have substituted for the subject under discussion another subject that was not discussed.
Вы подменили обсуждаемую тему другой темой, которая не обсуждалась.
The subject of public administration itself is a subject of interest of all minded people of the country.
Сама тема государственного управления — предмет интереса всех мыслящих людей страны.
Today we will continue our discussion of that subject and then move on to the subject of outer space and conventional weapons.
Сегодня мы продолжим наши обсуждения этой темы и затем перейдем к темам космического пространства и обычных вооружений.
Such task is a research of a specific subject within a profile subject.
Подобный проект представляет собой исследование определенной темы в рамках профильного предмета.
If your first subject is German you may choose either mathematics or science or English as your second subject.
Если первая тема является немецкий вы можете выбрать либо математику или науку или английский как ваш второй теме.
Assistance dogs are subject to national regulations.
Обращаем ваше внимание, что помощь собак регламентируется в соответствии с национальными правилами.
The theory of music education is considered as a subject subject, revealing the essence of this field of pedagogical science.
Теория музыкального образования рассматривается как учебный предмет, раскрывающий сущность данной области педагогической науки.
No law shall embrace more than one subject, which subject shall be expressed in its title.
Закон должен содержать не более одного предмета, выраженного в его наименовании.
A compound subject has more than one simple subject.
Especially on product groups that are subject to import substitution, and which became the subject of counter-sanctions.
Особенно на группы товаров, по которым осуществляется импортозамещение, и которые стали предметом контрсанкций.
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1. What is the Subject of a Sentence?
A subject is the person, place, idea, or thing that a sentence is about. It’s the noun that is “doing” something in the sentence. Every sentence needs at least one to function properly—otherwise, the sentence wouldn’t be about anything! So, they are absolutely crucial to writing and speaking in English. 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 simple subject; sometimes subjects share a verb and become a compound subject; or sometimes they include other descriptive words, called a complete subject.
2. Examples of Subjects
Every sentence has at least one subject, and it can be almost anything. Because they are the focus, subjects usually come at the beginning of a sentence; many times they are the first word or words. The subjects are underlined in the examples below:
- I really love the county fair. “I” as subject
- He doesn’t like popcorn. “He” as subject
- The dog loves popcorn. “the dog” as subject
- Sally and Sam went to the fair together. “Sally” and “Sam” as subjects
- County fairs always have popcorn stands. “County fairs” as subject
- Dogs love popcorn, but cats like soda. “dogs” and “cats” as subjects
3. Parts of Subjects
Sometimes a subject is only one word, but sometimes it includes modifiers, or can be a noun phrase or gerund. Let’s start with this sentence:
The dog ate the popcorn. Subject = “dog”
- Modifiers
A modifier is an adjective or adverb that “modifies” other words in a sentence to make it more descriptive. A subject with a modifier gives you a clearer idea of the noun that the sentence is about. Here’s an example:
The fat dog ate the popcorn. Subject = “fat dog”
This sentence includes the modifier “fat” to better describe the dog.
a. Noun Phrases
A phrase is a group of two or more words that work together but don’t form a clause; and a noun phrase has a noun or pronoun as the main word, and acts like a noun in a sentence. Since it acts like a noun, a noun phrase can be the subject of a sentence, like this:
The fat dog with brown fur ate all the popcorn. Subject = “the fat dog with brown fur”
So, this sentence is about “the fat dog with brown fur,” not just any dog. Here, the phrase “the fat dog with brown fur” works like a noun. You could easily replace this phrase with only “the dog,” but using a phrase better describes the dog and the situation.
b. Gerunds
A gerund is a word that ends in “ing” but functions as a noun in a sentence, NOT as a verb. Because gerund and gerund phrases work like nouns, they can also be subjects, like this:
Eating is my dog’s favorite hobby. Subject = gerund “eating”
Eating popcorn is my dog’s favorite hobby. Subject = gerund phrase “eating popcorn”
Remember, a gerund works like a noun, not a verb!
3. Types of Subjects
Sometimes the subject of a sentence can’t be as simple as one word, so we need different types in order to be able to say what we mean. There are three main types of subjects: simple, compound, and complete.
a. Simple Subject
A simple subject is the main word that tells what a sentence is about. It does not include modifiers or other words. Here are some examples:
- Sally went to the county fair. Person as subject
- The fair was famous for its popcorn. Place as subject
- The hot popcorn was buttery. Thing as subject
A sentence can have more than one simple subject, if they have their own verbs (green):
- Sally went to the county fair, and Sam drove to the market. Subjects “Sally” and “Sam”
- The dog ate popcorn, and the cat drank Subjects “dog” and “cat”
- The popcorn smelled buttery, and the soda tasted Subjects “popcorn” and “soda”
As you can see, each of the subjects has their own verb. For instance, the first sentence has the simple subjects “Sally” and “Sam,” but Sally “went” and Sam “drove.” So, while they are both subjects, they are each doing their own thing.
If two or more subjects use the same verb, then the sentence has a compound subject.
b. Compound Subject
When two or more subjects in a sentence share the same verb, it makes a compound subject:
- Sally and Sam went to the county fair.
- The dog and the cat ate popcorn.
- The popcorn and the soda are delicious.
For a compound subject to occur, the subjects MUST share the same verb. In the first sentence above, both Sally and Sam do the same thing: they “went” to the county fair. Since they both did the same thing, they can share one verb. Without a compound subject, the sentence would look like this:
Sally went to the county fair, and Sam went to the county fair.
You can see that this sentence is unnecessarily long. We don’t need to say these two things separately, which is why we have compound subjects.
c. Complete Subject
A complete subject is made up of all of the words that tell what a sentence is about, including modifiers:
- The fat dog with brown fur ate all of the popcorn.
- The big dog and the small cat went to the county fair.
- Silly Sally and her best friend Sam drove to the fair.
All of these sentences include modifiers that add to the subject. Let’s look more closely at the third sentence:
Silly Sally and her best friend Sam drove to the fair.
Here, the simple subjects are Sally and Sam. But, the sentence also includes the modifier “silly” to describe Sally, and the noun phrase “her best friend Sam” to describe her friend. So, the complete subject of the sentence includes all of the words that make up the subject. If we ask the question “what is this sentence about?”, our answer is the two subjects “Silly Sally and her best friend Sam.”
4. How to Avoid Mistakes with Subjects
As you now know, the subject is the main thing a sentence is about, and all sentences need one. But, what’s more, all subjects need a verb to show an action that is being done. So remember, a subject is nothing without its verb, and a sentence doesn’t exist without its subject!
Furthermore, you want to be sure not to mistake an object or prepositional phrase for a subject.
a. Objects
It’s important to be able to distinguish between the subject and an object in a sentence. Sometimes it can be confusing, so remember this rule: a subject “does” the verb, and an object “gets” the action of the verb. Let’s look at this sentence:
The dog is cooking popcorn for the cat.
This sentence has only one subject: the dog. That’s because the dog “does” the action “cooking.” The cat is NOT a subject—it is an object, because it “gets” the popcorn. Let’s try another:
The dog danced for the rabbit, and the cat slept.
Here, there are two subjects, the dog and the cat, and one object, rabbit. The dog does the dancing, the rabbit gets to see the dancing, and the cat does the sleeping.
b. Prepositional Phrases
A preposition is a word that indicates location, like in, at, with, on, beside, before, after, to name a few. Prepositional phrases combine a preposition with a noun. Like subjects, they often come at the beginning of the sentence, but, they are NOT the subject—they only give details.
Here are some examples:
The dog went to the county fair. Subject = dog
Last night, the dog went to the county fair. Subject = dog
The dog cooked popcorn. Subject = dog
At home, the dog cooked popcorn. Subject = dog
Adding a prepositional phrase does not affect a sentence’s subject. The prepositional phrases just add details about the subject itself, they do NOT work like nouns, and can’t be the sentence’s subject. An easy trick to remember is that the prepositional phrase can usually be switched to the end of the sentence:
The dog went to the county fair last night.
BUT, you couldn’t do the same thing with a subject, like this:
Went to the county fair the dog. Incorrect!
Now, let’s review!
- To find a sentence’s subject, you just need to ask: what is this sentence about?
- The main word that tells what a sentence is about is the simple subject.
- When more than one subject share the same verb, you have a compound subject.
- A subject together with all of its modifiers is the complete subject.
The subject can be expressed by a single word or a
group of words. Thus it can be expressed by:
1. A noun in the common case.
The sulky waiter
brought my tea. (Du Maurier)
Marcellus slowly
turned his head. (Douglas)
N o t e. — Occasionally a noun in the possessive
case is used as the subject of
the sentence.
Mrs. Gummidge’s
was a fretful disposition. (Dickens)
Oh, my dear Richard, Ada’s
is a noble heart. (Dickens)
2. A pronoun — personal, demonstrative,
defining, indefinite, negative, possessive, interrogative.
After about an hour I
heard Montgomery shouting my name. That
set me
thinking of my plan of action. (Wells)
All were clad in
the same soft, and yet strong silky material. (Wells)
Everyone was
silent for a minute. (Wells)
Nothing was said
on either side for a minute or two afterwards. (Dickens)
Theirs is not a
very comfortable lodging… (Dickens)
Who tore this
book? (Twain)
The subject is often expressed by the indefinite
pronoun one or
the personal pronouns they, you, we,
which refer not to any particular
person or persons but to people in general.
These sentences generally correspond to the same
kind of sentences in Russian, but sometimes they are rendered by
impersonal sentences, as will be seen in the examples given below.
Yes, muttered Jon, life’s beastly short. One
wants to live forever.
(Galsworthy)
Да, пробормотал Джон, жизнь чертовски
коротка. Хочется жить
вечно.
A day is like a page in a book, one
cannot read it without commas and
periods.(Heym)
День напоминает страницу книги, ее
нельзя читать без запятых и точек.
They say he’s
clever — they
all think they’re clever. (Galsworthy)
Говорят, что он умный — все думают, что
они умные.
Howard, you introduce every statement with “they
say”. I want to know who
is “they”. (Gow
and D’Usseau)
Говард, ты каждое предложение начинаешь
с «говорят». Я хочу знать,
кто говорит.
N o t e. — They is
used when the speaker is excluded, one
when the speaker is
included.
There are some things you
can’t talk to anyone about. (Voynich)
Есть вещи, о которых никому не расскажешь.
It was good to be alive. Say what you
like you
couldn’t beat it. (Galsworthy)
Хорошо жить на свете. Что ни говори, а
этого нельзя отрицать.
Every pleasure is transitory. We
can’t eat long. If we indulge in harmless
fluids we
get the dropsy, if in exciting liquids we get drunk. When I say “we”,
my dear, I mean mankind in general. (Dickens)
Всякое удовольствие преходяще. Нельзя
есть долго. Если мы
злоупотребляем безвредными напитками,
мы заболеваем водянкой, если
мы злоупотребляем спиртными напитками,
мы пьянеем. Когда я говорю
«мы», мой дорогой, я имею в виду человечество
в целом.
3. A substantivized adjective or participle.
The Privileged
have seen that charming and instructive sight. (Galsworthy)
The wounded
were taken good care of.
-
A numeral (cardinal or ordinal).
Of course, the two
were quite unable to do anything. (Wells)
The first
and fourth
stood beside him in the water. (Wells)
5. An infinitive, an infinitive phrase or
construction.
To live is to
work.
To be a rich man,
Lieutenant, is not always roses and
beauty. (Heym)
For him to come
was impossible.
6. A gerund, a gerundial phrase or construction.
Lying doesn’t
go well with me. (Heym)
Winning the war
is what counts. (Heym)
Annette’s being French
might upset him a little. (Galsworthy)
7. Any part of speech used as a quotation.
On is a
preposition.
No is his usual
reply to any request.
8. A group of words which is one part of the
sentence, i. e. a syntactically indivisible group.
Yet at this very time their friend and defender is
darkly groping towards the
solution. (Fox)
Here the subject represents one person.
The needle and thread
is lost.
Here the needle and the thread are treated as one
thing.
This is not to be confused with homogeneous
subjects where two persons or things are meant and consequently the
predicate is in the plural.
Mr. Pickwick alone was silent and reserved. Doubt
and distrust
were
exhibited in his countenance. (Dickens)
There are other kinds of syntactic units.
There were a number
of carved high back chairs.
(Dreiser)
There’s a lot of
truth in that, of course. (London)
9. A quotation group.
“I shan’t be able to give you very much,” he
had said. “Perhaps this
what’s-his-name will provide the
cocoa.” (Galsworthy)
N o t e. — There are sentences where the subject
is. introduced by the
construction there
is, e. g. There
is nothing on the table. In this case
nothing is
the subject and there
is part of the predicate.
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What is the definition of subject? The subject of a sentence is the person, place, thing, or idea that is performing the action.
On the most basic level, a sentence contains two parts: a subject and a predicate. The subject includes the noun that is performing the action described in the predicate.
Examples of Sentence Subjects
Let’s look at some examples of sentences in English sentences.
- Janet washed the car.
- Janet = subject
- Washed = action performed
- Chris worked from sunrise to sunset.
- Chris = subject
- Worked = action performed.
Simple Subject, Complete Subject, Compound Subject
Simple subjects refer to just the noun that is performing the action and no other words that are describing that noun:
- The blue-eyed girl played on the jungle gym.
- Girl = simple subject that performs the action = played
Complete subjects include the noun that is performing the action and any descriptors of that noun:
- The hairy, three-eyed monster scared the young boy.
- The hairy, three-eyed monster = complete subject that performs the action = scared
Compound subjects are ones in which two nouns perform the action:
- Chris and Janet love to read comic books.
- Chris, Janet = compound subject that perform the action = read
Subjects Are Not Part of a Prepositional Phrase
One thing to be careful with is to not include any prepositional phrases with your subject. These phrases are used to provide extra information and are not part of the subject of the sentence.
- The tree in the park was very tall.
- Tree = subject
- Was very tall = predicate
- In the park = prepositional phrase
Subject in Different Sentences
Here are some examples of subjects being used in various ways.
The subject performs an action:
- Garcia sold used cars.
- Garcia = subject
- Sold = action
The subject is described:
- Jennifer was tall and slender.
- Jennifer = subject
- Tall, slender = descriptions
The subject is identified.
- The boy who was the valedictorian applied to several universities
- Boy = subject
- Who was the valedictorian = identifier
The subject has an action done to it.
- The boy was accepted into the police academy.
- Boy = subject
- Was accepted = action done to subject by the police academy
Usual Sentence Format
The usual sentence format includes a subject, verb, and object.
- The teacher taught the students.
- Teacher = subject
- Taught = verb
- Students = object
- Jennifer dusted the blinds.
- Jennifer = subject
- Dusted = verb
- Blinds = object
Summary: What Are Subjects?
Define subject in English: The subject of a sentence is that noun that is doing or being something. It is important to identify the verb in the sentence and ask yourself what noun it is connected to.
Final example:
- Public university tuition rises every year.
- Tuition = subject
- Rises = verb
Contents
- 1 What is the Subject?
- 2 Examples of Sentence Subjects
- 3 Simple Subject, Complete Subject, Compound Subject
- 4 Subjects Are Not Part of a Prepositional Phrase
- 5 Subject in Different Sentences
- 6 Usual Sentence Format
- 7 Summary: What Are Subjects?