The subject – a person modifier of the predicate
Types of the subject
From the point of view of semantics the subjects may be classified into:
..Notional The black man placed tea on the tray
Impersonal . .They say the protest is of no effect.
Formal There was a silence
Some grammarians (Verba and others) differentiate structural types
Simple subjects (any word or a phrase) 20 is a numeral.
Compound'' subjects (it-introductory or anticipatory + verbal phrase); It is no use cheating in exam.
"Complex' subjects (manifested by the phrase containing secondary predication relationship represented by 'for+infinitival orgerundial phrase'): Your taking the finals is out of the question.
Subjects can be introduced by a word a phrase or –a clause.
