Posted by Marie on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at 6:59pm.
No!! I taught my students to eliminate prepositional phrases when finding the subject and verb.
It's easy to find the subject when you eliminate the prepositional phrases.
In the middle of the night, one of my sisters had a nightmare.
(In the middle) (of the night), one (of my sisters) had a nightmare.
SO IT'S TRUE THEN?
Yes. It is true.
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