Around the mountain climbers howled the feirce storm.
2006-09-22 08:29:21 · 19 answers · asked by Mimi 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Storm is the basic subject, "the fierce storm" is the full subject.
"Around the mountain climbers" is an adverbial phrase--it answers the question "where?" More specifically, it's a prepostional phrase, with "around" as the preposition and "the mountain climbers" as its (around's) object.
Howled is the verb.
2006-09-22 09:34:02 · answer #1 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
isn't the storm the subject? i thought that whatever performed the verb was the subject; the storm howled. so if you looked at it as the fierce storm howled around the mountain climbers: the mountain climbers become the object of the storm's howl. if it had been around the mountain, climbers howled at the fierce storm, then climbers would be the subject.
2006-09-22 17:21:31 · answer #2 · answered by writing is my gift 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Rearrange the sentence. The fierce storm howled around the mountain climbers. The subject is the "storm."
2006-09-22 15:38:52 · answer #3 · answered by capenafuerte 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
To solve this type of problem, rewrite the sentence in a less "poetic" form...
"The fierce storm howled around the mountain climbers."
This makes is easier to diagram. The verb is "howled", so the subject is what is howling. So the subject is "storm".
Just to complete the thought, the climbers are what is "being howled", which is called the direct object.
2006-09-22 15:41:26 · answer #4 · answered by Polymath 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The subject is storm. Reword the sentence this way and you'll see:
The fierce storm howled around the mountain climbers.
2006-09-22 15:37:54 · answer #5 · answered by Erin 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Actually, storm is the subject. Just rearrange the sentence:
"The fierce storm howled around the mountain climbers."
That makes it a little easier to see the subject, no? ^_~
2006-09-22 15:37:16 · answer #6 · answered by willow oak 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Storm is the subject, fierce is spelled incorrectly and you need a comma after climbers.
How much easier to say-
The fierce storm howled around the mountain climbers. (The subject is clear that way.)
2006-09-22 17:01:54 · answer #7 · answered by rhymer 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The complete subject is "the fierce storm." Ask yourself who's doing the howling? It's not the climbers, it's the storm.
2006-09-22 15:39:54 · answer #8 · answered by jersey girl 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Mountain Climbers
2006-09-22 15:36:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋
everyone else is a moron, and WRONG.
the verb is HOWLED. the mountain climbers didnt howl. the STORM howled.
so the subject is STORM.
2006-09-22 15:36:55 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋