I¹m only an amateur linguist, but from a linguistic point of view, there are
several related terms in this space.
The term ³subject² has many meanings in English, including ³topic². But
from a grammatical and linguistic standpoint, there are only two meanings of
³subject², and ³topic² is a distin
Luke Palmer wrote:
My brother asked me to take out the trash. I asked him to do it.
I believe that the subject there is "my brother" in the first sentence
and "I" in the second. The topic is either "to take out the trash" or
just "the trash" throughout (English speakers wouldn't have any trou
