Homework Help: complete and simple subject

Posted by justin on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at 6:40pm.

in this sentences (Some people like to take classes to learn new things.) i think that the complete subject is (some people) and the simple subject is (some) i need help understanding how i can find a complete and simple subject in a sentence

complete and simple subject - Ms. Sue, Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at 7:08pm
You're half right. The complete subject is some people. But the simple subject is people.

Some is an adjective in this sentence describing people.

Study this site for more help.

http://www.powayusd.com/teachers/kfarrer/Grammar/Holt%20Handbook/Holt%20Chapter%201/complete_and_simple_subjects_and%20predicates.htm

By the way, since you're studying grammar, you should get in the habit of using correct capitalization and punctuation.

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