Find the correct verb and subject

Question

Hey guys.. I am not getting clear on what is the verb and subject in this line

My gift for walking and talking simultaneously did not fail to attract attention.

chetan2u · Answer

My gift (subject) for walking and talking simultaneously  did (verb) not fail to  attract (verb) attention.

samusa · Answer

My gift= Subject 
for walking and talking= Prepositional modifier ( functioning same as adjective) for telling something about the gift
simultaneously= adverb describing the participle verbs- walking and talking
did not fail = verb
to attract attention= object of the verb

I hope the examples below are helpful-

I like to run- Like is the verb. 
I like running- Like is the verb
I have been running- have been running is the verb
I have to run- have is the verb

chandeep01 · Answer

How do you break the sentence into verb and subject. Please consider me an idiot.

ENGRTOMBA2018 · Answer

Samichange did a pretty good treatment above. But, let me try to break it down further for you.

Noun: Anything that is a name of a person, place or thing
Verb: Action (run, walk, climb, sing etc)

Any grammatically correct sentence needs to have atleast 1 subject-verb pair. Subject is the 'doer' of the action.

Example: I like to sing. Subject : I (the doer ) and like (verb). For determining the subject of a sentence, ask the question: Who is doing the 'action'? In this case, 'I' is the doer of the action 'like'.

Usually , the sentences are of the form,      . Dont worry about the object part as anything that remains after removing the subject and the verb becomes the object. Object is anything on which the'action' of the verb is acted upon.

Treating your sentence by a similar logic,

My gift for walking and talking simultaneously did not fail to attract attention

first of all, what is the 'action' here? "did not fail". Thus this becomes the verb.
Who is the 'does' of the action? "My gift", thus this becomes the subject.
"to attract attention": this is the remaining part of the sentence after you remove the subject+modifiers (acting as adjective here!) +verb . Thus "to attract attention" becomes the object of the sentence.

"for walking and talking simultaneously" is a prepositional modifier that adds more information about the subject , My gift (by saying that 'my gift' is not just any ordinary gift but it is a gift for walking and talking as well).

This is how you break down a sentence into the subject and the verb.

Find the correct verb and subject

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