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And a prepositional phrase can NOT be the subject of a sentence.
Not true. E.g.: Of Mice and Men is a novel and a movie. This sentence's
subject is a prepositional phrase being used as a noun.
Only a noun or a gerund.
This is true, but literally any word or part of speech can be the subject of
a sentence if used as a noun. E.g.: Are is the heading of the dictionary
entry for the word "are."
And I am elated to see that someone else still knows about gerunds.
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Both of the cases you cite as examples prove my point. "Of Mice and Men"
should be underlined or quoted, to denote that this is a TITLE and
therefore eligible to be a subject of a sentence. And in the second case
"Are" should be quoted, to denote the word as opposed to the verbal sense.
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