Subjects in English grammar are words, phrases, and clauses that perform the action of or act upon the verb.
Subject is a grammatical function.
The grammatical forms that can function as the subject in English grammar are noun phrases, prepositional phrases, verb phrases, and noun clauses.
Grammatical subjects should not be confused with semantic subjects, or the topic of the sentence.
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