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Helpingmom Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Complete subjest and simple subject

The family enjoys music.

What is the complete subject in that sentence and what is the simple subject
  

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Hi, The complete subject is 'the family' and I suppose you could call 'family' the simple subject. Best wishes, Clive

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Hi,

The complete subject is 'the family' and I suppose you could call 'family' the simple subject.

Best wishes, Clive
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In this sentence "family" is both the simple and complete subject.
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TELL ME MORE ABOUT POTATOES.
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Hi,

TELL ME MORE ABOUT POTATOES. This is the imperative, it's an 'order'. No subject is explicitly stated.

Implicitly, the subject is 'you', that's who you are addressing. 'You, tell me more about potatoes!'

Best wishes, Clive
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the family is the complete subject

the simple subject is music[8]
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No, no, anonymous! (Unless you are making a joke. We discussed the recently at length so forgive me if I am over-reacting.) Complete subject and simple subject both refer to the grammatical subject of the verb; that is, the person, place or thing that is performing the action described by the verb (likes). "Music" may or may not be the substantive topic of the sentence, but gramm
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family is the simple subject and the family is the complete one
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HelpingmomThe family enjoys music.

What is the complete subject in that sentence and what is the simple subject
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Hi,

Can you, the previous poster, please state your point or question?

Thanks, Clive
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Helpingmom
The family enjoys music.

What is the complete subject in that sentence and what is the simple subject

I think if you are looking for a correct answer, first you have to qualify your question so that we can help you. What do you mean by “complete” subject?

He, they, his f
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