A few days ago
HeatherH

“Spelling is a subject in school.” What are the parts of speech?

Here’s another one for you…

“Spelling is a subject in school.”

I would think that it would go like this:

spelling- subject

is- verb

subject in school- direct object

However, I wanted to ask and see if this is correct.

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A few days ago
sam

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Are you asking for the parts of speech or the parts of a sentence? The two are slightly different.

Parts of speech:

Spelling = noun

is = verb

a = article

subject = noun

in = preposition

school = noun

Parts of sentence

Subject = Spelling

Verb = is

a subject = predicate nominative (a word that identifies the subject)

in school = adjectival prepositional phrase, with “in” being the preposition and “school” being the object of the preposition, not the direct object

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A few days ago
Bob T
We need to understand the difference between action verbs and linking verbs. Here, we have a linking verb. The noun after a linking verb is a predicate nominative. “In school” is a prepostional phrase modifying subject.

The test for distinguishing linking verbs from action verbs is to insert the word “equals” in place of that verb. If the sentence still makes sense, then you have a linking verb.

“Spelling equals subject in school” still makes sense.

“I spelled all the words correctly.” “I” does not equal “all the words”, so you know that “spelled” is active.

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A few days ago
kfriedlander3
subject would probably be the D.O. and in would be the preposition?
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