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How do I find the complete subject and the complete predicate in a sentence? What is a compound subject, a compound predicate?
Two sentences from my homework:
The world wide disappearance of frogs disturbs and worries me.
My partner and I want to know the truth.
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The complete subject of a sentence contains the simple subject (usually a noun or a pronoun) and all the words and phrases that logically belong with it as describers.
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Have you ever heard this old proverb: "Give a man a fish, and he has food for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he has food for life"? If I were to give you the answers, you'd never learn...
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Hello, Billythecat,
The complete subjects in your sentences below are the following:
disappearance of frogs
The world wide disappearance of frogs disturbs and worries me.
partner and I
partner and I want to know the truth.
my partner and I are the complete sub. and want to know the truth are the complete pred.
i have the same question as well..
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