Part 93 (1/2)

Can the _work_ be accomplished quickly?

Must our _youth_ end so quickly?

+423+ +The real subject comes after the verb e use the introductory word it+ As for exao_ is really the subject of the sentence _To go will not be safe_

_It_ is sometimes the real subject of a sentence, as in the sentence; _It is a wonderful story_

Here _it_ is the subject of the sentence and _a wonderful story_ is the predicate complement But in the sentence:

It is wonderful to hear him tell the story

_To hear him tell the story_ is the real subject of the sentence The first sentence, _It is a wonderful story_, could not be rewritten, but the second sentence could be rewritten, as follows:

To hear him tell the story is wonderful

+424+ +The introductory word there reverses the order of the sentence+, just as the introductory word _it_ The real subject is used later in the sentence As for exareatthe introductory word _there_ We could say:

A great many people were present

The noun _people_ is the subject of the sentence

Exercise 1

In the following sentences, underscore the complete subject with one line, and the simple subject with two lines, and decide whether the simple subject is a noun, pronoun, participle, infinitive or an adjective used as a noun:

1 A great man is universal and elemental

2 To love justice was his creed

3 Aand noble declaration of faith was never born of huin in childhood

5 Dreaoal

6 The weary seek for rest

7 To believe in yourself is the first essential

8 He, speaking and writing constantly for the cause, has given his life to the norant is to reoblin of littleto do with consistency

12 To be great is to beis a fool's paradise

14 It is not enough to be sincere

15 We, seeking the truth, have found our own

16 There are thousands of comrades with us