Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Sentence pattern #1

Sentence: complete idea/subject + verb + object (IC = independants clause)

Clause: incomplete/subject + verb /(Dependant clause) /Idea, part of the sentence

Phrase: preposition(in, on, at...)/no verb ( could have a present(ing) or past(ed) participle)

Eg: CSL(subject) has(verb) 3200 students(object).

Eg 2: CSL has 3200 students;(IC=semicolon) many(subject) are(verb) smart and talented(adjectives). (Run-on sentence)

Own examples:
Eg 1: The lady is very confused in her emotions; she has to choose between life and death for her lover.

Eg 2: Frank Stockton wrote many stories; he filled 23 volumes.

Sentence pattern #1A:

IC semicolon + conjuctive adverb + comma +IC
Eg: FS started as a wood engraver(object); however, he became a famous writer.

Sentence pattern #1B:

IC + comma + coordinating conjunction(Fanboys) + IC
Eg: The story has no ending, so the reader is left wondering what happened.

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