Yes, it could.
Example: This is awesome!
The simple subject in that sentence is just the word "family."
In the sentence, You are a small brown dog, the subject is you and the verb is the word are.
The word 'noun' is a noun, a word used to identify a person, a place, or a thing.The word 'noun' is a singular, common, concrete noun.The word 'noun' will function as the subject of a sentence or a clause, as the object of a verb or a preposition, as a subject or object complement, a possessive noun, or as an attributive noun.Examples:A noun can functions as the subject of a sentence. (subject of the sentence)A word for something that a noun represents can be real or fictional. (subject of the relative clause)A pronoun can replace a noun. (direct object of the verb)I need a rhyming word for this noun. (object of the preposition)The word noun is a noun. (subject complement, restates the subject of the sentence)I'm trying to think of the right word, a noun. (object complement, restates the object of the preposition)You can use a dictionary to find a noun'sdefinition. (possessive noun)A noun list was assigned for homework. (attributive noun, a noun functioning as an adjective)
* adjective * modifies the subject of the sentence 'novel'
The simple subject is the main word in the complete subject.The pilgrims traveled to the new world by ship. ('The pilgrims' is the complete subject; 'pilgrims' is the simple subject)The simple predicate is the main word in the complete predicate.The Dutch settled along the Hudson River. ('settled along the Hudson River is the complete predicate; 'settled' is the simple predicate)
What is the subject of this sentence? She was the subject of an investigation.
This is too bad. This is the subject in this sentence.
This is too bad. This is the subject in this sentence.
A sentence using the word subject: My favorite subject in school was Science.
In the sentence 'Can you give a definition for that word?', YOU is the subject.
the subject is what the sentence is about
Subject
The word 'is' can begin a sentence but not be a question when it is the subject of the question. Example sentence - Is can be the subject in a sentence. But only in sentences of that type (above) or, 'Is' is a two letter word. Otherwise is cannot begin a sentence.
the simple subject of a sentence is what the sentence is in one word
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Yes, the word it can be the subject of a sentence. It is hot outside today. It hasn't rained this hard in ten years!