Part 92 (1/2)

Little child _lives_ are coined into money

Defenseless, helpless _children_ suffer lected _child_ smites , far-sounding _battle-cry_ shall resound

Note that in all of these sentences the word in italics is a noun, which is the simple subject of the sentence All of the other words which comprise the complete subject are the modifiers of this noun, or modifiers of its modifiers

But in our study of words, we have found that there are a number of other words which can be used in place of a noun and these may all be used as the subject of a sentence

+417+ +A pronoun may be used as the subject of a sentence+, for the pronoun is a word used in place of the noun; and a pronoun used as the subject of a sentence may have modifiers just as a noun It may be modified by adjectives or adjective phrases, as for example:

_We_ are confident of success

_He_, worried and out of employment, committed suicide

_She_, heartsick and weary, waited for an answer

_She_, with her happy, watchful ways, blessed the household

_They_, victorious and triumphant, entered the city

How can _I_, without ht that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, _I_ thank whatever Gods there be For my unconquerable soul”

In all of these sentences the pronoun is the simple subject of the sentence, and the pronoun with all of its modifiers is the complete subject of the sentence

+418+ +The participle may be used as a noun, the subject of the sentence+ For exa_ is pleasant

Here the present participle _traveling_ is used as a noun, subject of the sentence

Participle phrasesprepared_ will not save us froned_ the note was the cause of the trouble

In these sentences, _being prepared_ and _having signed_ are participle phrases used as nouns, the subjects of the verbs _will save_ and _was_

Note the use of the participle used as the subject in the following sentences:

_Painting_ is an art

_Making_ shoes is his work

_Being discovered_ see joined_ his co_ here will be dangerous

Note that when the participle is used as a noun, the possessive form of the pronoun is always used with it, as in the sentence above:

_Your_ reerous

Notice that in so _shoes_, his having joined his _comrades_ The participle still retains some of its verb nature in that itjoined his co shoes_, are the subjects of the sentences

+419+ +The infinitive may also be used as a noun, the subject of the sentence+ Note in the following sentences the use of the infinitive as the subject of the sentence:

_To err_ is huive_ is divine

_To be_ or not _to be_ is the question