where is a subject?

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where is a subject?

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Dear teacher,

Any new technology, whether it is a microwave oven or the controls of a Boeing 777, has a learning curve. And often the user interface, the all-important gateway between person and machine, is a dizzying array of buttons or keys that have to be used in combinations. It can take weeks, sometimes months, of training and adapting for people to become comfortable with a new system.

Q : What is the subject of "adapting"? I believed "for people" is a subject of it, but "for people" is a subject of "to become".
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The implicit subject is 'people'.
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