I’m gonna practice step one, two, and three of analyzing a sentence. Here’s step three from the FI grammar article:
Step 3 – Object or Complement
Finding the object or complement is step three. Look to the right of the verb. Finding that there is no object is fine too.
I’m gonna practice on sentences from Atlas Shrugged(quotes below are from ch. 6 of part 1):
Property rights are a superstition.
I don’t know if “property” or “rights” is the subject. I know though that they could be the subject.
The people can seize it at any moment.
They need it.
Need is the only consideration.
He was the president of Friends of Global Progress.
Ideas are just hot air.
Hank Rearden stood at a window in a dim recess at the end of the drawing room.
I think “Hank Reardan” is the subject. I’m not too sure why tho. I think Hank Reardan is a phrase that talks about one person. The phrase is the subject of the sentence.