2. THE SUBJECT AND PREDICATE

When we make a sentence -

(1) We name some person or thing ; and

(2) say something about that person or thing .

In other words , we must have a 'subject' to speak about and we must say or 'predicate' something about that subject.

Hence every subject has two parts -

(1) The part which names the person or thing we are speaking about . This is called the 'Subject' of the sentence .

(2) The part which tells something about the subject . This is called the 'Predicate' of the sentence ....

The Subject of a sentence usually comes first , but occasionally it is put after the Predicate ; as ,

......... Down went the Royal George
........... Sweet are the uses of adversity.

In Imperative sentences the Subject is left out ; as ,

.......... Sit down [ Here the Subject 'you' is understood .]
........... Thank him. [ Here too the Subject 'you' understood.]