"is a rock music icon" is supposed to be the main clause of this sentence that contains the verb "is" and the complement "a rock music icon". Hi, jm. Getting closer. The captioned phrase cannot be a clause because it

Hi, Edit. One of my favorite Beethoven symphonies, the seventh, has an interesting structural feature. One of my favorite Beethoven symphonies, an interesting use of sonata form, is the seventh. Clive, according to your definition, the real

I would have said the simple subject is "one". The "full subject" is everything except the last "is a rock music icon", which is the predicate. CJ Thanks CJ. Another vote for "one". Hmm, this is beginning

When I was in grammar school, shortly before the birth of the subject instrument, we would have said the subject is "one." Matter of fact, I still think it is. - A. Edit. One of my favorite Beethoven symphonies, the seventh, has an

Hi, Generally speaking, I'd consider the whole thing the grammatical subject. But you could argue that the 'deep' or 'real' subject is the stratocaster. Best wishes, Clive. Thanks Clive. Your profile picture looks like mine or

I would suggest, if you want stratocaster to obviously be the subject of the sentence, that you begin the sentence with it. This is an example of what I refer to as "too much sentence". It would read much more smoothly if it were divided

If I wrote a sentence: One of the masterworks of Leo Fender, the well-known and admired founder of Fender Musical Instruments Company, the Stratocaster, an electric guitar born in 1954, which employs the detachable-neck construction, contoured

, and not at all authoritative!) I like your questions, jazzmaster! khoff, thanks! By SVOC I mean

What is wrong with saying the ill man , any more than saying the dead man , the living ma n, the angry man or the sick man? I think you are making too much of this by asking "why is this" - it just is. Thanks for your post: That was

Hi Jazzmaster -- yes, your questions are entirely appropriate and welcome here. I also have a more liberal feeling about "pale" than "ill." I would probably say "That girl