Definition Of A Simple Subject
A simple subject is the main word or words in a subject.
Definition of a simple subject. Every sentence has to have two parts. Normally the simple subject of a sentence will come before the verb. In traditional grammar a simple subject is the particular noun or pronoun that tells who or what a sentence or clause is about. It doesn t include any of the words that modify it.
To identify the simple subject in a sentence ask yourself who or what performs the action in the sentence. A subject is a noun which is a person place thing or idea. While the complete subject may contain modifiers adjectives relative clauses and prepositional phrases the simple subject contains only one unmodified person place thing or idea. A simple subject may be a single word e g christmas is coming a multi word proper noun santa claus is coming or the key noun or pronoun in a complete subject the zombies in the.
Remember though that a simple subject is very basic. A simple subject is a subject that has just one noun as the focus of the sentence.