in the sentence 'The crackling of geese saved Rome' which part is subject & which part is predicate?

Hello, what do you think about the use of comma in the following sentence? Is it correctly used? Today, only tiny remnants of the extensive forests that clothed much of northern Europe 7,000 years ago remain. The sentence

Which one do you think has a word that describes the subject?

Which of the following sentences contains an italicized word that;s used as a predicate adjective? 1. Jerry looks at the map. 2. Jerry looks ill today. 3. Jerry looks into the microscope . 4. Jerry looks disdainfully at the pile of

(compare "my inside leg measurement is 30 inches" not " are 30 inches") That's not the same. Verb number follows the speaker's concept of the subject, not the predicate nominative.

Grammar Geek and AlpheccaStars, thanks for your replies sorry on the terminology, it comes from the Lexical Functional theory of grammar (LFG) LFG uses 'agent' and 'patient' as well as 'subject' and 'object' to

Anon: I am a bit puzzled by your terminology - what source are you using for the vocabulary? The word "patient" does not have a grammar-related definition in the dictionary I consulted, but it does have this definition which could be

it seems to me it never does. any situation I can think of, what might be interpreted as the patient is always actually an adjective or adverb. example: "This is most evident in 2008 where the reduction from 350 grams in April to

what is a simple predicate and simple subject

According to the Ofxord Dictionary & Thesaurus (2007 edition), a sentence is a gramatically complete series of words with (implied ) subject and predicate, and expresses a complete thought . Now if I say this : 'I am'. ; does