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Whether he or she will get married soon is up to the fates.

If so, what is the subject? Or, is it a dependent clause?

By Gianscolere (Gianscolere) on Saturday, October 04, 2003 - 04:30 pm: Edit

i think it's a sentence
"he or she" is the subject
"up to the fates" is the predicate adjective i think
"is" is the verb

By Lbtg43 (Lbtg43) on Saturday, October 04, 2003 - 04:39 pm: Edit

i vote sentence

By Alimshk (Alimshk) on Saturday, October 04, 2003 - 05:00 pm: Edit

Isn't 'up to the fates' a prepositional phrase?

By Neo (Neo) on Saturday, October 04, 2003 - 05:12 pm: Edit

Sentence. It's an epic-sounding one, but it's a sentence nonetheless.


"Will get married" is also a verb package.

By Texas137 (Texas137) on Saturday, October 04, 2003 - 05:41 pm: Edit

Let's simplify the sentence to "Whether he marries is up to fate."

I thing the entire phrase "whether he marries" is the subject. It's the state of marrying, not "he" that you are talking about.

By Jason817 (Jason817) on Saturday, October 04, 2003 - 08:17 pm: Edit

I think it has to be 'he or she' or 'one'