Question

What is the subject in the sentence
"With great power comes great responsibility." ?

Answer 1

hi the subject of this sentence is great power

Answer 2

I believe the subject is responsibility. The reason I think this is because " with great power " is a prepositional phrase, and anything in the prepositional phrase cannot be the subject.

Answer 3

Got into a heated discussion with my English teacher. I actually agree with @kelliegirl33, but that doesn't mean I'm (we're) right...

My teacher insists the subject is "power" but I disagreed, because, in the sentence, is it not "responsibility" that comes?

Answer 4

@ParthKohli .....need your opinion, please

Answer 5

@hartnn ....need your opinion, please

Answer 6

@Chooch146 ...need your opinion, please

Answer 7

Is w" with great power " a prepositional phrase ?

Answer 8

typo * with

Answer 9

Hello.

I think the subject is the thing which comes first and is the center of the sentence.

Answer 10

prepositional phrases cannot contain the subject. Is " with great power " a prep phrase ?

Answer 11

No, a preposition is not the subject. It's a noun.

Answer 12

" with great power " is a noun phrase ?

Answer 13

I don't know. I think the subject should be a word.

Answer 14

I was confused ....at first I thought power was the subject, but the " with " was throwing me off.

Answer 15

Actually, "power" is the subject.

Answer 16

The reason I changed my mind was because I thought " with great power" was a prep phrase. And I know that a prep phrase cannot contain the subject. I guess I was wrong. Thanks for your input. I know when I have a problem, you are the one to go to. Thanks

Answer 17

I would think that the subject is responsibility.

Answer 18

But when you think about it , is it really that different from, say, a much simpler form,
"With it, came that." or perhaps, "To him, I spoke."

Is it not the same as "Great responsibility comes with great power." ?

Answer 19

I strongly believe that the subject is responsibility. I believe that your teacher is incorrect.

Answer 20

The subject is 'responsibility'.

Answer 21

I will go with responsibility as subject.

Answer 22

You need to isolate the subject and predicate

so, flipping the sentence,

"Great responsibility comes with great power"

so, subject should be "great responsibility".

But you should discuss it with your teacher :)

Answer 23

Spiderman !