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nush   Thu Apr 02, 2009 11:45 am GMT
Please tell me where the subject of "were" in the sentence is.Please parse it.
"He compiled a list of what he thought were the seven wonders of the world."
Robin Michael   Thu Apr 02, 2009 12:37 pm GMT
"He compiled a list of what he thought were the seven wonders of the world."


He - Subject - pronoun - John

compiled - Verb - did something - action

a - determiner

list - Noun - book / program / etc

of - preposition -

what - pronoun - places / objects / etc

he - Subject - pronoun

thought - Verb - did something

were - Verb - did something

the - determiner - before a noun

seven - adjective - describing the noun

wonders - noun - places / visits

of - preposition

the - determiner

world - noun - places / object
Robin Michael   Thu Apr 02, 2009 12:50 pm GMT
"He compiled a list of what he thought were the seven wonders of the world."


"He compiled a list" "of what he thought were the seven wonders of the world."

The list was of the seven wonders of the world.


The list of the seven wonders of the world



"The list of what he thought" were "the seven wonders of the world"

"His list" of "the seven wonders"
feati   Thu Apr 02, 2009 2:16 pm GMT
"[W]ere" refers to "what". But it's not a subject. The only subject in that sentence is "[h]e".