It can't be in the prepositional phrase.
That leaves
Painting is one
Which of those words is the subject complement?
What is the subject complement in this sentence?
Painting is one of the oldest arts.
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I think it is one because painting is the subject?
Right.
The first thing you should do when analyzing a sentence is to note the prepositional phrases. Subjects, verbs, and complements are never in a prepositional phrase.
I taught my students to first put parentheses around all the prepositional phrases before finding the rest of the parts of the sentence.
http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/preposition.htm
The first thing you should do when analyzing a sentence is to note the prepositional phrases. Subjects, verbs, and complements are never in a prepositional phrase.
I taught my students to first put parentheses around all the prepositional phrases before finding the rest of the parts of the sentence.
http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/preposition.htm
What about this sentence
The subjects in early paintings were usually very important people.
The subject complement is people?
The subjects in early paintings were usually very important people.
The subject complement is people?
Right! :-)
Can u check 2 more for me.
Other subjects were historical or mythical figures.
Would it be figures.
Some paintings become huge, covering whole walls.
Would it be huge?
Other subjects were historical or mythical figures.
Would it be figures.
Some paintings become huge, covering whole walls.
Would it be huge?
Both are correct.
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