A noun in a prepositional phrase cannot be the subject of the sentence?

TRUE or FALSE?

TRUE

What is a Prepositional Phrase?

Give some examples

A group of words headed by a Preposition.

e.g. of mice, for milk, new lands, with her, to the store, on their orders, from the office

What is a Subordinate Clause?

What is a Subordinate Clause led by?

A clause that cannot stand by itself without a MAIN or INDEPENDENT clause. 

It's led by a SUBORDINATOR (a word that creates a subordinate clause, such as BECAUSE or WHICH).

What is an Additive Phrase?

Give examples

An Additive Phrase is a phrase that 'adds' to a subject.

e.g. along with Polly

in addition to surgery

as well as the mayor

accompanied by me

together with a tie

as well as his friends

List 2 attributes of Additive Phrases

Additive Phrases DON'T form compound subjects.

Additive Phrases function as MODIFIERS and therefore can't change the NUMBER of the subject.

What word can change a singular subject into a plural subject?

AND

Singular subjects followed by additive phrases remain ________

Singular subjects

What is a Collective Noun?

Give some examples

Is a noun that looks singular but can refer to a group of people or objects.

e.g. agency, army, fleet, fruit, citrus, baggage, furniture, crowd, orchestra

On the GMAT, collective nouns are almost always considered to be ____ and therefore require _____