\u00a0I got a request from one of the dear blog readers asking for examples on identifying fronted predicates and their subjects. First, allow me to remind of the cases in which we have fronted predicates and what conditions need to exist in a sentence so that it has a fronted predicate.<\/p>\n
We have a fronted predicate when the subject of the sentence is indefinite and the predicate is a prepositions phrase or the expression (\u0647\u0646\u0627\u0643), e.g.<\/p>\n
\u0647\u0646\u0627\u0643 \u0637\u0644\u0627\u0628<\/span> \u0643\u062b\u064a\u0631\u0648\u0646 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u062c\u0627\u0645\u0639\u0629.<\/p>\n \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u062c\u0627\u0645\u0639\u0629 \u0637\u0644\u0627\u0628<\/span> \u0643\u062b\u064a\u0631\u0648\u0646.<\/p>\n \u201cThere are many students at the university.\u201d<\/p>\n The underlined words are the subjects. Also consider the following examples expressing possession.<\/p>\n \u0639\u0646\u062f\u064a \u0628\u064a\u062a<\/span> \u0643\u0628\u064a\u0631.<\/p>\n \u0644\u064a \u062b\u0644\u0627\u062b\u0629<\/span> \u0625\u062e\u0648\u0629.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n You can place these expressions in the past or the future timeframe using the appropriate form of verb to be:<\/p>\n \u0643\u0627\u0646 \u0647\u0646\u0627\u0643 \u0637\u0644\u0627\u0628<\/span> \u0643\u062b\u064a\u0631\u0648\u0646 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u062c\u0627\u0645\u0639\u0629.<\/p>\n \u0633\u064a\u0643\u0648\u0646 \u0639\u0646\u062f\u064a \u0628\u064a\u062a<\/span> \u0643\u0628\u064a\u0631.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Now look at the paragraph below and try to find the fronted predicates and their subjects. The context is about gatherings of literary people and writers in Egypt at the beginning of the twentieth century. It is in the past tense. Look for clues, prepositional phrase as the predicate and indefinite subjects to follow it.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u0643\u0627\u0646 \u0644\u0644\u0635\u0627\u0644\u0648\u0646\u0627\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0623\u062f\u0628\u064a\u0629 \u062f\u0648\u0631 \u0647\u0627\u0645\u00a0\u0641\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u062d\u064a\u0627\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u062f\u0628\u064a\u0629 \u0641\u064a \u0645\u0635\u0631 .. \u0643\u0627\u0646 \u0644\u0647\u0627 \u062f\u0648\u0631 \u0643\u0628\u064a\u0631 \u0648\u0645\u0624\u062b\u0631 .. \u0641\u0635\u0627\u0644\u0648\u0646 \u0645\u064a \u0645\u062b\u0644\u0627\u060c \u0643\u0627\u0646 \u064a\u0646\u0628\u0636 \u0628\u0627\u0644\u062d\u0631\u0627\u0631\u0629\u060c \u0644\u0623\u0646 \u0635\u0627\u062d\u0628\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0635\u0627\u0644\u0648\u0646 \u0643\u0627\u0646\u062a \u062c\u0645\u064a\u0644\u0629\u060c \u0648\u0643\u0627\u0646 \u0643\u0644 \u0623\u062f\u064a\u0628 \u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u062f\u0628\u0627\u0621 \u064a\u062a\u0631\u062f\u062f \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0647\u0630\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0635\u0627\u0644\u0648\u0646 \u064a\u062a\u0635\u0648\u0631 \u0623\u0646 \u0645\u064a \u062a\u062e\u0635\u0647 \u0628\u0639\u0648\u0627\u0637\u0641\u0647\u0627\u060c \u0641\u0643\u0627\u0646 \u064a\u062a\u0628\u0627\u0631\u0649 \u0643\u0644 \u0623\u062f\u064a\u0628 \u0641\u064a \u0639\u0631\u0636 \u0623\u062d\u0633\u0646 \u0645\u0627 \u0639\u0646\u062f\u0647 .. \u0641\u0643\u0627\u0646 \u0644\u0647\u0630\u0627 \u062a\u0623\u062b\u064a\u0631 \u0643\u0628\u064a\u0631 \u0641\u064a \u062a\u0646\u0634\u064a\u0637 \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0631\u0643\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u062f\u0628\u064a\u0629 \u0641\u064a \u0630\u0644\u0643 \u0627\u0644\u0648\u0642\u062a .. \u0641\u0627\u0644\u0635\u0627\u0644\u0648\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u062f\u0628\u064a \u062e\u0631\u062c \u0645\u0646\u0647 \u0645\u0635\u0637\u0641\u0649 \u0635\u0627\u062f\u0642 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u0627\u0641\u0639\u064a \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0639\u0642\u0627\u062f \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0627\u0632\u0646\u0649 \u0648\u0637\u0647 \u062d\u0633\u064a\u0646 .. \u0623\u0645\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u062c\u0645\u0639\u064a\u0627\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0623\u062f\u0628\u064a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0648\u062c\u0648\u062f\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0622\u0646\u060c \u0641\u0644\u064a\u0633 \u0644\u0647\u0627 \u0642\u0648\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0635\u0627\u0644\u0648\u0646\u0627\u062a \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0649 \u062f\u0641\u0639\u062a \u0647\u0624\u0644\u0627\u0621 \u0627\u0644\u0643\u0628\u0627\u0631 \u0625\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u062c\u062f\u064a\u062f \u0641\u064a \u0623\u0639\u0645\u0627\u0644\u0647\u0645<\/strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0You can check your answer in my next posting and also learn some useful vocabulary from the text.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0I got a request from one of the dear blog readers asking for examples on identifying fronted predicates and their subjects. First, allow me to remind of the cases in which we have fronted predicates and what conditions need to exist in a sentence so that it has a fronted predicate. We have a fronted…<\/p>\n