what is a subject in a sentence
In English grammar, a subject is one of the two main parts of a sentence. (The other main part is the predicate .). The subject is sometimes called the naming part of a sentence or clause. The subject usually appears before the predicate to show (a) what the sentence is about, or (b) who or what performs the action. As show below, the subject is commonly a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase. Types of Subjects. A subject may be one word or several words.