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    The document discusses the components of a sentence, including the subject which is typically a noun phrase and can be extended with modifiers like articles and adjectives. It also mentions the verb and how the subject is connected to the verb, as well as other possible components like objects, complements, and prepositional phrases that can be included. Sentences have flexible structures but always include a subject component with a noun.

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    Sentence patterns

    Components of a sentence
    A sentence can have the following components. A component may be one word, or extended
    as a unit with more than one word.
    Subject (S)
    It is usually a noun phrase. The subject usually begins a sentence.
    Cats drink milk.
    We can extend the unit ‘cats’ as follows:
    The cats …
    The brown cats …
    The cats in the room …
    The cats that my friend gave me …
    We see that the subject can have the following patterns:
    Noun
    Article + Noun
    Article + Adjective + Noun
    Article + Adjective + Noun + Prepositional Phrase
    Article + Adjective + Noun + Wh-/That Clause
    In all the cases above, the noun is always an essential part.
    Verb
    Object
    Direct object
    Indirect object
    Complement
    Subject complement
    Object complement

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