What is the grammatical name and function of "The variety of vitamins and nutrients in green beans" help prevent many health problems
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The question is too broad (ho, ho ‘green beans’) unclear as it seems the sentence ends with …green beans. The function of "what" exactly? – Mari-Lou A Apr 30 '19 at 08:15
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2It's a noun phrase that functions as the subject of the sentence. – Lucian Sava Apr 30 '19 at 08:17
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@LucianSava You should put that into an answer. – WS2 Apr 30 '19 at 08:55
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1The variety helps. Although this old question seems past help. – David Nov 23 '19 at 16:57
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In English grammar there are two main parts of a sentence: the subject and the predicate.
The subject usually appears before the predicate to show what the sentence is about, or who or what performs the action.
The subject of a sentence may be one word or several words. Commonly it is a noun, a pronoun, or a noun phrase. Sometimes it can be even an entire clause:
What he had already forgotten about computer repair could fill whole volumes.
In your example:
The variety of vitamins and nutrients in green beans helps prevent many health problems.
the part in bold is a noun phrase that functions as the subject of the sentence.
Lucian Sava
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