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26 Oct 2017
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English (US)
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I was taught that English always needs subjects such as “I” and “you”, but a lot of sentences like posted on SNS don’t have ones. When do you omit them? Do you omit them while talking in person?
I was taught that English always needs subjects such as “I” and “you”, but a lot of sentences like posted on SNS don’t have ones. When do you omit them? Do you omit them while talking in person?
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- English (US)
We only omit them in very informal circumstances when it’s clear who the subject is. It’s not really considered proper English.
-You coming to the party?
-yeah, be there in 10
(Are you coming to the party? Yeah, I’ll be there in 10 minutes)
-Hope you get better soon!
(I hope you get better soon)
-Where is she?
-Going to the store
(She’s going to the store)
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@katiem415 Oh, I see. There are always Contexts there. Thank you!
- English (US)
@akatmi every proper sentence has to have a subject, you are confused because you were taught "I, you, he/she/it, we, and they. In general conversations even if you don't see these words in the exact form you were taught me there is always a subject that falls under the above classes. ex: My mom prepared my meals. subject mom-she
did Jake finish the assignment? subject Jake-he
You guys really need to watch that movie.
subject: they
Shutter Island was an epic movie. subject: shutter island- it.
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@naveen_caffi OK, Thank you! But I actually wanted to know about the case which even “mom, Jake and guys” are omitted.
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