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Hi there, in the example:
"My dog, along with her seven puppies, has chewed all of the stuffing out of the sofa cushions."
They say that my dog is the only subject. Here is the reasoning below:
"Here, both my dog and her seven puppies are chewing on the sofa, but because the puppies are part of the prepositional phrase along with her seven puppies, the only word that counts as the subject is dog."
MY QUESTION---How does that work? I mean, if the dog and puppes are chewing, then isn't that whole entire phrase really the subject, not just my dog? We understand it as my dog and puppies doing the action so how can that be. Please explain???
Here is the link to the site, thanks
here
This thread by alkaspeltzar was closed while I was trying to answer it! (very strange!)
I will attempt to respond again, and of course others are welcome to respond to. What should I do if it closes again? :roll: