When should you omit a subject?

, Teacher of English for twenty years; studied linguistics at university. That’s called subject ellipsis. You omit the subject when it’s really obvious, not very important, and the structure of the sentence is clear without it. So to add the subject back in, you just have to add it, with no rephrasing required.

Why do we omit that?

There are a number of two-word conjunctions where that may be omitted. These include so that and now that which we can use to talk about purpose and result and providing that and provided that which we can use to talk about imposing conditions.

Can my be a subject?

The personal pronouns I, you, he, she, it, we and they are used as the subject of a verb in a sentence, while me, you, him, her, it, us and them take the object of the sentence. My name is Lisa. I have three dogs. – The pronoun I is the subject.

Is it OK to omit?

Yes you can omit I in the case of the sentence written above. Whenever we connect two sentences with an and where the both action is done by the same person we can omit the subject after and.

Can we omit subject?

This technique of omitting the subject is called ellipsis. In informal spoken language, text messages and informal emails, people will often omit the subject. You should not do this in formal written English, especially in formal essays for IELTS for example.

When should you leave out?

Leaving “that” out sounds best with the most common verbs of speech or thought, such as “say,” “think,” “know,” “claim,” “hear,” or “believe.” It saves a word, and it’s how people talk, too.

Why do people think I’s is a word?

“my wife and I” is a noun phrase, functioning as a subjective pronoun in the singular and made possessive with the apostrophe. It is exactly the same as “our”. It seems weird because you would never use “I’s” on its own but it is not on its own here – it is part of a noun phrase.