Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Subject/object
I am confused as to what is the subject/object of this sentence
"Their greatest fear was that somebody would discover it."
"Their greatest fear was that somebody would discover it."
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Anonymous I am confused as to what is the subject/object of this sentence There is a subject for every clause. A sentence with two clauses has two subjects. Each clause may have an object, but it doesn't have to.
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AnonymousI am confused as to what is the subject/object of this sentenceThere is a subject for every clause. A sentence with two clauses has two subjects.
Each clause may have an object, but it doesn't have to.
[Their greatest fear]subject was [ that [ somebody ]subject would discover [it]object ]subj-comple
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