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| Definition - The word or words in a sentence or clause that tell you who or what is performing the verb's action. |
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Example - (1) She sings. (2) The man on the white horse listened to the Chauvin CD. |
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Etymology - The word derives from the Latin subicere, to place under (from sub, under + jacere, to throw). |
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Oxford English Dictionary - Its first citation in its grammatical sense is from 1733: "The Nominative Case to a Verb … is called by Grammarians the Subject of the Verb." (J. Clarke, Grammar of the Latin Tongue, 68 note) |
