Related Clues:

• It's not always proper
• Predicate part
• Sentence subject, usually
• It may be abstract
• Word before a verb, maybe
• This answer is one
• Do or die
• Subject word
• You name it
• Hop, skip or jump
• 'Make' or 'break'
• "Sink" or "swim"
• Thing, in English class
• Collective or common thing
• Part of speech