In your sentence "Neither Mercury nor Pluto are as large as Earth," the word, Neither, is the subject. In classical English it would read, "Neither Mercury nor Pluto is as large as Earth." However American English prefers smooth flow and tends to ignore the rules of classical grammar. It tends to have the verb take the form of the noun or nouns immediately preceding the verb. Thus, while in Classical English, the verb would be is since the subject is Neither, American English is likely to use the verb are since it immediately follows Mercury and Pluto.
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freshwater and saltwater
The term 'simple noun' is sometimes used to describe the nouns used to make a compound noun; for example the 'simple noun' bath and the 'simple noun' tub join to form the 'compound noun' bathtub. More examples:baseball (base + ball)hot dog (hot + dog)six-pack (six + pack)suitcase (suit + case)keyboard (key + board)Another use of the term 'simple noun' as an alternative for the term 'simple subject' of a sentence; for example:A big, slimy, green, worm crawled out of my apple.The entire noun phrase 'A big, slimy, green, worm' is the subject of the sentence, the simple subject is 'worm'.
Example sentence - I appreciate spontaneity.
I accept you as you are.
The simple subject of the sentence is "you".
A simple subject is a thing. If it were talking about a Baseball or a sentence the baseball is the simple subject.
the simple subject of a sentence is what the sentence is in one word
"It can." In that sentence, the pronoun "it" is the simple subject.
"They" is the subject of that sentence.
"Family" is the simple subject in the sentence "That family enjoys music."The simple subject is the who or what is doing the action or verb.
The subject in this sentence is "today," and the verb is "is".
A simple sentence uses a subject and a verb..
Simple Subject= You Simple predicate= waited
The simple subject is they.
"You" is the simple subject of the sentence, "You asked this question."
The simple subject of the sentence in the question is brother.