Subject/Predicate

Division between Subject and
Predicate – Example 1
● Edward grows tomatoes as large as grapefruit
Edward - subject – names a topic – who (known to
both speaker and hearer)
Grows tomatoes as large as grapefruit – predicate – new
information about Edward (what he does)
as large as tomatoes – belongs with tomatoes – no
●
division is possible after tomatoes
*Edward grows tomatoes as large as grapefruit
– a noun cannot be substituted for Edward grows nor a
verb for tomatoes as large as grapefruit – wrong
division
– tomatoes as large as grapefruit belongs with grows