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===Structure=== | ===Structure=== | ||
*Simple sentence: A Simple sentence is one independent clause with no subordinate clauses. | *Simple sentence: A Simple sentence is one independent clause with no subordinate clauses ( Hacker 464). | ||
*Compound sentence: A compuond sentence is composed of two or more independent clauses with no subordinate clauses. The independent clauses are usually joined with a comma and a coordinating conjunction (''and'', ''but '', ''or'', ''not'', ''for'', ''so'', ''yet'') or with a semicolon (Hacker 464). | |||
*Complex sentence: A complex sentence is composed of one independent clause with one or more subordinate clauses (Hacker 464). | |||
*Compound-complex sentence:A compound-complex sentence contains at least two independent clauses and at least one subordinate clause (Hacker 464). | |||
===Purpose=== | |||
*Declaritive sentences make statments (Hacker 465). | |||
*Imperative sentences issue requests or commands (hacker 465). | |||
*Interrogative sentences ask questions (Hacker 465). | |||
*Exclamatory sentences make exclamations (Hacker 465). | |||
==How to make a sentence== | |||
*A sentence should have a subject and a verb. | |||
*The first word should always be a capital letter. | |||
*Sentnce must end with a period, question mark or an exclamation point. | |||
*Must be a complete thought. | |||
'''What is a sentence''' | '''What is a sentence''' | ||