subject

Writing

(noun)

In a clause, the word or word group (usually a noun phrase) that represents a person, place or thing. In active clauses with verbs denoting an action, the subject and the actor are usually the same.

Related Terms

  • complements,
  • subject noun
  • object noun
  • research
  • person
  • mass noun
  • object
  • simple predicate
  • sentence fragment
  • predicate
  • fragment
  • phrase
  • complement
  • clause
  • Object
  • Complement
  • Clause
  • Phrase
  • case
  • object pronoun
  • subject pronoun
  • modifier

(noun)

In a clause: the word or word group (usually a noun phrase) that is dealt with. In active clauses with verbs denoting an action, the subject and the actor are usually the same.

Related Terms

  • complements,
  • subject noun
  • object noun
  • research
  • person
  • mass noun
  • object
  • simple predicate
  • sentence fragment
  • predicate
  • fragment
  • phrase
  • complement
  • clause
  • Object
  • Complement
  • Clause
  • Phrase
  • case
  • object pronoun
  • subject pronoun
  • modifier
Sociology

(noun)

A human research subject is a living individual about whom a research investigator (whether a professional or a student) obtains data.

Related Terms

  • debrief
Communications

(noun)

A particular area of study.

Examples of subject in the following topics:

  • Boundless Subjects and Alignments

    • This can be understood in terms of Boundless subjects and their division into the Boundless textbook associated with the subject and the alignments created from that textbook.
    • Each subject has a single official Boundless textbook, alignments to educators' syllabi, and community-contributed books that fall under that subject.
    • The Boundless textbook for a given subject (say, Boundless Chemistry) includes all the Boundless-created concepts on that subject, organized into chapters and sections.
    • Modules can also be removed from the book and added from other subjects.
    • Differentiate between Boundless subjects, the Boundless textbook for a given subject, and alignments
  • Boundless Subjects and Alignments

  • Declining Pronouns: Subjects and Objects

  • Subject and Predicate

  • Subject

  • Statistical Literacy

    • For the first two years of the study, researchers will follow the subjects with scans and memory tests.
    • The data could be analyzed as a between-subjects design or as a within-subjects design.
    • For a between-subjects design, the subjects in the different conditions would be compared after two years.
    • For a within-subjects design, the change in subjects' scores in the different conditions would be compared.
  • Between- and Within-Subjects Factors

    • When different subjects are used for the levels of a factor, the factor is called a between-subjects factoror a between-subjects variable.
    • The term "between subjects" reflects the fact that comparisons are between different groups of subjects.
    • Therefore there was only one group of subjects, and comparisons were not between different groups of subjects but between conditions within the same subjects.
    • When the same subjects are used for the levels of a factor, the factor is called a within-subjects factor or a within-subjects variable.
    • Within-subjects variables are sometimes referred to as repeated-measures variables since there are repeated measurements of the same subjects.
  • Subject-Verb Agreement

    • "Person" is a way of saying who the subject is.
    • Subject-verb agreement can become a little more complicated when the subject is very long and complex.
    • Compound subjects (two subjects joined by a conjunction) take plural verbs if they are joined by "and."
    • When a positive subject and a negative subject are compounded and have different numbers, the verb should agree with the positive subject.
    • [The subject bags is a plural noun, so the verb were is also plural to agree with the subject.]
  • Experimental Designs

    • In a between-subjects design, the various experimental treatments are given to different groups of subjects.
    • A within-subjects design differs from a between-subjects design in that the same subjects perform at all levels of the independent variable.
    • In these cases, it is usually better to use a between-subjects design than a within-subjects design.
    • This typically gives within-subjects designs considerably more power than between-subjects designs.
    • Designs can contain combinations of between-subject and within-subject variables.
  • Making Subject and Verbs Agree

    • It is important to make sure that verbs agree with their subjects in person and number.
    • Subject-verb agreement assures that verbs match their subjects in case and number.
    • To assure this, writers need to consider whether the subject of her sentence is singular or plural, and whether the subject is first-person, second-person, or third-person.
    • If a sentence has a compound subject, you should use a plural verb even if all the components of the subject are singular nouns.
    • Recognize subject-verb agreement by paying careful attention to the number and case of the sentence subject.
Subjects
  • Accounting
  • Algebra
  • Art History
  • Biology
  • Business
  • Calculus
  • Chemistry
  • Communications
  • Economics
  • Finance
  • Management
  • Marketing
  • Microbiology
  • Physics
  • Physiology
  • Political Science
  • Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Statistics
  • U.S. History
  • World History
  • Writing

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