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back to Grammar Sentence structure Guidelines The material below focusses on sentence constituents as the building bricks of a sentence . As you work through the material you will find that the terminology used does not always correspond to what you are used to. Note in particular: Adjective may refer to the word class as well as to the function Modifier in noun phrase Complement (or Subject Complement and Object Complement correspond to Subject and Object Predicative (sP and oP) Predicate may sometimes refer to more than the verb. Object verbs are often referred to as (mono)transitive verbs Complements verbs are often referred to as copula verbs linking verbs etc. Two-object verbs are often called ditransitive verbs Object-complement verbs are referred to as complex transitive verbs Resource pages (external material) Guide to Grammar and Writing - Word and sentence level (Capital Community College) Quizzes at the end of section Building phrases - Hypergrammar (University of Ottawa writing center) Building clauses - Hypergrammar (University of Ottawa writing center) Syntax exercises (Department of English, Stockholm University)

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Sentences and Sentence Structure Subject and Predicate Prepositional Phrases Complements Verbal Phrases ... Types of Sentences Introduction to Subject and Predicate A sentence has two essential parts: a complete subject and a complete predicate. The complete subject includes the simple subject a noun or a pronoun ) and any words or group of words that modify it. For example: The pilot of the aircraft struggled at the controls during the storm. (Pilot is the simple subject.) The swarms of mosquitoes and flies annoyed the campers night and day. (Swarms is the simple subject.) The simple predicate is the verb . The complete predicate is the verb plus all the words that modify it and complete its meaning. For example: The swimmers dove into the lake, searching for the lost anchor. (Dove is the simple predicate.) The driver cut the engine and emerged from the car triumphant. (Cut and emerged are the simple predicates.) Test your Knowledge of Subject and Predicate In the following sentences, identify the complete subject and identify the simple subject.

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Join Epinions Help Sign In Home ... Things to Do When Writing a Review Read Advice Write an essay on this topic. Spelling Counts! Grammar Counts! Sentence Structure Counts! Jun 01 '00 No, Epinions is not English 101, as one epinionator put it in a review I recently read. We aren't here to "grade" each other; the worst writer on the site can at least potentially earn as much money as the best - and that's one of the beauties of how the whole thing works. So no, I'm not here to "judge" you, in the sense that your English teacher was. Heck, I'm not even here to teach you! (And it's risky business writing about such pesky details as grammar and spelling - none of us is perfect, we all hit wrong keys, and little bloopers get past even our most compulsive editing efforts.) But here's where those petty little bourgeois (did I spell that right - very possibly not!) aspects of sharing your opinion of a product, service, or an issue come into play: when you put an epinion out there, you are doing so with the presumed purpose of helping someone make a decision. To buy, rent, use, do, read, see...whatever it is you're writing about. Now, since I don't know you and you don't know me, except through these pages, how I'm going to weight your opinion of whatever-it-is is based only on what you have shown me in your posted opinion. Just like in "real life" (oh dread, oh mercy, say it isn't so!), if you come across as an intelligent, trustworthy person I will be more likely to find your opinion valuable. And, like it or not, that evaluation

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LEO: Literacy Education Online Parallelism Simple Parallelism Parallelism using Common Connectors Simple Parallelism Parallel structure is really a matter of balance. Balancing a sentence can be compared to balancing a scale if we pretend that certain words and, or, but are the balancing points and if we understand that the words being balanced must carry the same "weight" in the sentence. One part of speech or of a sentence can be balanced only by one (or a series) of the same kind. Notice that modifiers (like "down by the pier," "with the sunrise," and "of the fisherman") do not affect the balance of the sentences. Unbalanced I enjoy biking and to walk down by the pier. Parallel I enjoy biking and walking down by the pier. This example sentence is unbalanced because " and " divides two different parts of speech. An "ing" word is used before and ,while an infinitive, "to walk," is used after. To make the sentence parallel, simply use the same part of speech for both ideas. Unbalanced Boy Scouts at the camp can learn cooking canoeing swimming or how to make ropes Parallel Boy Scouts at the camp can learn cooking canoeing swimming or rope-making Here again, the form of the last item, "how to make ropes," doesn't match the other items and seems too heavy. To balance the sentence, change the form to match as in the parallel example.

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Return to List of Facts about Effective Literacy Instruction List of OnLine Readings: 3360 Facts on the teaching of grammar Research over a period of nearly 90 years has consistently shown that the teaching of school grammar has little or no effect on students. Background The most common reason for teaching grammar as a system for analyzing and labeling sentences has been to accomplish some practical aim or aims, typically the improvement of writing. For decades, however, research has demonstrated that the teaching of grammar rarely accomplishes such practical goals. Relatively few students learn grammar well, fewer retain it, and still fewer transfer the grammar they have learned to improving or editing their writing. What doesn't work: The research "Diagraming sentences . . . teaches nothing beyond the ability to diagram" (1960 Encyclopedia of Educational Research "The impressive fact is . . . that in all these studies . . . the results have been consistently negative so far as the value of grammar in the improvement of language expression is concerned. Surely there is no justification in the available evidence for the great expenditure of time and effort still being devoted to formal grammar in American schools" (DeBoer, 1959). "None of the studies reviewed for the present report provides any support for teaching grammar as a means of improving composition skills. If schools insist upon teaching the identification of parts of speech, the parsing or diagraming of sentences, or other concepts of traditional grammar (as many still do), they cannot defend it as a means of improving the quality of writing" (Hillocks, 1986).

47. Questions On Sentence Structure Questions on sentence structure. Answer Oh my. This is a sentence sufficiently ungrammatical that its grammar problems actually affect its logic. http://www2.ncsu.edu/ncsu/grammar/Syntax3.html

Questions on Sentence Structure Question: The subject of my query is a sentence from the best-selling book by Huston Smith , The World's Religions The hot issue in philosophy of science in recent years is whether science provides us with true and genuine knowledge, or if not, then what does it give us? I have been in heated dispute over the grammatical soundness of the above sentence with a friend. It is my stubborn belief that the sentence is ungrammatical, and yet I am unable to explain why. Could you please analyze the problem (if there is one) and perhaps give me a suggestion or two as to how the sentence might be better phrased (if that be necessary). Thank you very much. Answer: Oh my. This is a sentence sufficiently ungrammatical that its grammar problems actually affect its logic. Let's start with the pure grammar. The sentence parses into a standard English type of subject-verb-predicate nominative. There are complicating factors all along the way. In the subject, there is a string of prepositional phrases that don't attach easily to adjacent modifiers. But the real problem is the predicate, which is composed of two clauses. The reader, already taxed by a complicated subject, longs for relief in the predicate. But the predicate is compounded of two nonparallel elements: an indirect question and a direct question. Because direct questions are formed in English by inversions, there's an extra layer of nonparallelism. Making the predicate parallel will help sort out where the meaning goes awry. Let's try:

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49. SIL Bibliography: Sentence Structure 1971. The deep and surface grammar of interclausal relations. Mayfield, Roy. 1972. Agta sentence structure. Shand, Jean. 1976. http://www.ethnologue.com/show_subject.asp?code=SST

50. The KISS Grammar Site -- The Structure Of English Sentences The same is true of sentence structure. Unfortunately, most grammar books give the beginner a massive amount of formal (and often unneccessary) information http://nweb.pct.edu/homepage/staff/evavra/ED498/Essay013_Structure.htm

Revised 2/20/01 KISS Homepage Dr. V's Main Menu The KISS Curriculum Return to the Essays # 13 The Structure of English Sentences One of the problems with most grammar books is that they include too many rules (and exceptions), and not enough basic explanation. Recent correspondence suggests that this site may suffer from the same problem. Many of the current essays on the site are aimed at teachers and educators who have a basic understanding of English grammar. Recent requests, however, have indicated a need for a basic description of English sentence structure. These requests often come from people who know that they have problems with grammar their writing is "full of errors." I will address the question of errors in more detail at the end of this essay, but I would suggest that the only really effective way to eliminate most errors from one's writing is to get an understanding of the basic structure of English sentences. Before beginning such a description, I should note that a "grammar" is simply a description of the language. Many people think that there is simply the grammar of Engilsh, such that, whatever grammar text they look at, they will be looking at the same thing. Although the language remains the same, the descriptions of it differ widely in the terms they use to describe the language.

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Assignment Schedule: Technical Writing Spring 1998 Monday Wednesday Friday Week 1 Course Introduction Notebook Entry Communication skills in various careers Write informal letter of introduction Week 2 Note: I'll begin providing grammar review exercises for you to do during any free time you have in class. You are expected to be able to learn how to correct your own errors by the end of this course. A grammar and editing section will be part of the final exam. MLK Day Notebook Entry Discuss introduction and chapter I. Start working on Assignment One : Letter of Inquiry. Write draft of letter of inquiry in class. Review another student's letter before the end of the perio (R111 lab) Week 3 Submit draft of letter to me. Notebook Entry Respond to my editing suggestions and revise your letter before Friday's class. Submit finished letter of inquiry for a grade. You may have to do some additional editing before you mail the letter, of course. Week 4 February 2 Examine sample memos; discuss differences between e-mail memos and paper memos. Notebook Entry Introduction to e-mail; send informal e-mail message to me (a "rehearsal" of the paper memo you will do on Feb. 9)

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Modern English Grammar English 126 D aniel K ies D epartment of E nglish C ollege of D uPage Table of Contents Scroll through the Table below or jump to a page here: Table of Contents Frequently Asked Questions Take the Tour Syllabus Browser Information Email Information Email Form Intro to eForum Accolades The Concordancer The Clause Rank The Phrase Rank The Word Rank The Major Principles of Syntax Coherence in Writing Sentence Euphony Usage Issues in Modern English Twenty Common Usage Errors Evaluating Grammar Checkers The Ebonics Debate Teaching Grammar - A Debate Language Development in Children A Brief Punctuation Handbook Internet Grammar Resources The HyperTextBooks Papyr.com General Information about this Course The Syllabus for Modern English Grammar E Frequently Asked Questions G ot questions? Perhaps the HyperText Books' frequently asked questions page can help. Tour the HyperText Book A quick overview of the features of the HyperText Book. A Bibliography for English 126 A selected bibliography of the College's holdings in linguistics and English language studies at the College of DuPage Library Browser Information D escribing which browsers work best with the HyperText Books.

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Contents Preface Editing and Editing Software To the Student How to Use This Student Handbook Chapter 1 Nouns and Pronouns Introduction to Nouns and Pronouns Countable Nouns Singular Countable Nouns Plural Countable Nouns Regular Plural Nouns Irregular Plural Nouns Non-Count Nouns Subject-Verb Agreement with Non-Count Nouns Noun Phrases How to Quantify a Noun How to Quantify a Plural Countable Noun How to Quantify a Non-Countable Noun How to Count a Non-Countable Noun some Using a Count Noun to Modify Another Noun Pronouns and Their Position in a Sentence Subject Pronouns Demonstrative Pronouns Object Pronouns Reflexive Pronouns Pronoun/Noun Agreement Pronouns and Improper Use of Double Negatives

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Think - ideas on teaching Talk - feedback and communities ... Message board Questions and answers Comments Links FAQs Contact us Questions and answers Sentence structure The question Sentence structure Shuk Yi Tam I need advice on how to teach sentence structure. Please can anyone help? I have found good sources on individual sections of grammar but not a clear, easy and effective way on how to string the constituent parts together. At which level should one start teaching this subject? Thank you. Any suggestions for Shuk Yi? How do you teach complex sentence structures? Should students have an explicit formal knowledge of clause structure and sentence composition? What problems do your students have in this area? How have you helped them overcome these difficulties? Contact us Your answers Adriana Anaya, Mexico I have a tip that can help you in teaching Sentence Structure that I have used in my large teenagers groups. 1. I presented the structure in a short reading or a short dialogue about something related to teens activities.

56. Thai Reference Grammar: The Structure Of Spoken Thai By James Higbie And Snea Th say because and eleven ways to say only .) Thai Reference grammar fills the need for a work that explains highlevel Thai sentence structure and vocabulary. http://www.dco.co.th/books/thai-reference-grammar.htm

Fiction Humour Thai Culture General Interest ... SE Asia Thai Reference Grammar: The Structure of Spoken Thai By James Higbie and Snea Thinsan By the Author of Essential Thai Paperback Orchid Press Bangkok 2003 450 pages ISBN 9748 There are many phrasebooks and course books for beginning-level Thai but until now there has been no book that explains higher-level Thai sentence structure and functional vocabulary. Many students of the Thai language find that basic-level Thai is easy to pick up, but that the language becomes more difficult at higher levels. (For example, there are four ways to say 'because' and eleven ways to say 'only'.) Thai Reference Grammar fills the need for a work that explains high-level Thai sentence structure and vocabulary. The book presents clear explanations of advanced Thai structure, illustrated with examples of typical Thai speech. The authors, an American and a Thai both with advanced degrees in linguistics and language teaching, analyzed thousands of Thai sentences to formulate clear and concise explanations for all the important sentence patterns of the Thai language. The book is arranged by topic for easy reference. Examples are given in both Thai script and transliterated Thai, written in the English alphabet with no special phonetic symbols. Tones are marked with a special font that shows the level of the sound of each word, essential to pronunciation in tonal languages like Thai. 895 Baht Other books by James Higbie

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Home Textbooks Books Music ... Grade 12 Grade 7 (2nd ed.) Parts of Speech all eight parts of speech Sentence Structure basic sentence patterns: S-InV, S-TrV-DO, S-TrV-IO-DO, S-LV-PN, S-LV-PA; dependent clauses Usage subject-verb agreement; pronoun-antecedent agreement; pronoun reference; punctuation and mechanics Learning Skills study skills; reading comprehension; taking tests; library skills; composition skills Writing Skills organization; interest; focus Examples of Writing Projects description: biographical sketch exposition: in-class essay; science report evaluation narration: report on a family tradition; dramatizing a scene persuasion: letter to editor poetry: found poem top Grade 8 (2nd ed.) Parts of Speech review of all eight parts of speech; introduction of verbals and their functions as different parts of speech

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Using the Grammar Notes Words Sentence Structure Vocabulary is much more important for understanding French than grammar is. If you understand the meanings of the words in a text, you can usually make pretty good sense of it without any grammatical knowledge. However , when you get down to details, and want to be precise in your understanding, some grammatical knowledge is usually essential. You need to know how the verb system works, so as to understand when something happened, or if it didn't actually happen, but just might have. You need to know about word order so you can be sure when you read L'homme que mord le chien that the man isn't biting the dog. about how Grammar can help you. Using the Grammar Notes To find a grammar topic, use the list on the left. If you don't know the name of what you're looking for, come to this page and decide first if it's a word topic or if it has to do with sentence structure (the way words combine). Then keep clicking to find what you need.

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Example Grammar you don't need Differences Sentence Structure Why Study Grammar? You might ask: Why bother with grammar if I'm just trying to understand a text? Well, Grammar is one of the things that generate meaning in language. The main part of the meaning of a sentence comes from words (this is the meaning you look up in a dictionary). However, this lexical meaning is changed and added to by the way the words are fitted together, the grammatical meaning Example: Word Order Word order is one of the ways both English and French use to change meanings. Dog bites man is not the same as Man bites dog because one of the essential rules of English grammar is that subjects (which do things) normally precede the verb, while objects (which are done things to) follow it. This is usually the case in French too, but there are some common exceptions: In L'homme qu'attaque le chien the last phrase le chien is the subject of attaque , so it's the dog that does the attacking. So word order in this example tells you who is doing something and who is being done something to; which participant is active and which passive. To know when this is likely to happen, you need to recognize that qu'attaque le chien is a relative clause, and know that in French relative clauses the subject very often comes last. So you have to know something about

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