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unit 1
3. Sentences
A sentence is a group of words that states a complete thought.
* It begins with a capital letter and ends with a punctuation mark (., ?, !).
Complete and Simple Subject
• Remember, all sentences have two parts, a subject and a predicate.
• The subject of a sentence will tell us who or what the sentence is about, but sometimes we will use more than a single word to do so. This will be a complete subject.
• If you read the subject carefully you will find that there is one noun which is the one all the words are describing. This is the most important word in the subject. If you take it away the subject will not make sense. This will be the simple subject.
• You could also have only one noun or pronoun as a subject. In that case the simple subject and the complete subject are the same.
Examples:
complete subject
A tall, thin man
complete subject
simple subject
came in the mayor´s office.
The big, fat, old, rat
simple subject
swam across the river.
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