Couldnt think of one but was desperate to start a new thread!

JDINTERACTIVE said:

That isnt funny!

REDFEATHERS said:

Don't believe her!

It is funny.

Grammar and Style » General Reference » Subject

What would you say the following sentences are about?
Dorothy Parker was a writer who lived in New York.

Dorothy Parker wrote reviews, poems, short stories, plays and screenplays.

In 1937, Dorothy Parker won an Academy Award.


Clearly, those sentences are about Dorothy Parker. You might say that she is the subject being discussed here. In grammatical terms also, the subject of each sentence is "Dorothy Parker."

•The subject of a sentence tells us what person, place, thing, or idea the sentence is about.
•The subject is made of a noun (or a group of nouns) and its modifiers.
•In most English sentences and clauses, the subject comes before the predicate.

IAmTheTouch said:

..How many apples does Dorothy Parker have left?

JDINTERACTIVE said:

two and three-quarters of course! duh!

IAmTheTouch said:

How come I get 5 and 5/8ths?

JDINTERACTIVE said:

because you're calculating it in metrics...

IAmTheTouch said:

I was using fingers.

JDINTERACTIVE said:

i'm afraid to ask what you used for the 5/8 ...

IAmTheTouch said:

I make that bit up 2 sound clevery.

JDINTERACTIVE said:

god, i adore you!!

IAmTheTouch said:

Come on peeps, make this thread a good one! :sad;