Yes, they're all nagging comments you've heard all your life. More importantly, they're all commands. The verbs give orders: sit, eat, clean. So where's the subject in these sentences?
If you pop the question, here's what happens:
- Pop the question: What's happening? What is? Answer: sit, eat, clean.
- Pop the question: Who sit, eat, clean? Answer: Uh . . .
Pop the questions and find the subject–verb pairs in these three sentences.
A. Ella, dancing the cha-cha, forgot to watch her feet.Answers: In sentence A, forgot is the verb and Ella is the subject. Dancing is a fake verb. In sentence B, stop is the verb and you-understood is the subject. The remark is addressed to Ella, but you-understood is still the subject. In sentence C, fell is the verb and Ella is the subject.B. Stop, Ella!
C. Over the bandleader and across five violin stands fell Ella.