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[jack]

Are these correct? What's the subject and what's the verb?
1. The generating points in this map suck.
2. The generating points in this map sucks.

Is 'in this map' a clause? If not, what do you call that part?

Thanks.

[Tdol]

Suck

[ruofei]

"The generating points on the map suck."

This is a complete sentence on its own, where 'the generating points on the map' is the noun phrase subject of the verb 'suck'.

A clause is an expression including a verb and a predicate that gives an "extra information" about the subject and doesn't make sense if it's used by itself (see in italics)
ex: the generating points, which are on the map, suck.