one-member and two-member .
This distinction is based on a difference in the main parts of a sentence. One-
member sentences do not contain two such separate parts; in these sentences there
is only one main part (e.g.
Silence! Come here! ) Such sentences contain neither the
subject nor the predicate. Instead there is only one main part. It is a disputed point
whether the main part of such a sentence should, or should not, be termed subject
in some cases, and predicate, in others. As it was pointed out by academician V.
Vinogradov, grammatical subject and grammatical predicate are correlative notions
and the terms are meaningless outside their relation to each other. He suggested
that for one-member sentences, the term "main part" should be used, without
giving it any more specific name.
Prof. Blokh, however, does not accept this approach because, in his view, it
is based on an inadequate presupposition that in the system of language there is a
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strictly defined, "absolute" demarcation line between the two types of
constructions. Instead he suggests that all simple sentences of English be divided
into
