twitter
10
edits
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
(13 intermediate revisions by 4 users not shown) | |||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
"A sentence is a unit of language charecterized in most languages by the presence of a finite verb" (wikipedia). Sentences are classified | "A sentence is a unit of language charecterized in most languages by the presence of a finite verb" (wikipedia). Sentences are classified three ways: according to their structure (simple, compuond, complex, and compound-complex) and according to their purpose (declaritive, imperative, interrogative, and exclamatory), and according to grammar types (transitive verb: S-TV-O, S-TV-DO-IO, and S-TV-DO-OC; intransitive verb: S-IV; linking verb: S-BV-N or Adj, S-BV-Adv, S-LV-N or Adj, S-BV-Adj-PP or NC) (Hacker 463), (Rodby 45-49). The basic unit in writing is the sentence. | ||
===Structure=== | ===Structure=== | ||
*Simple sentence: A Simple sentence is one independent clause with no subordinate clauses ( Hacker 464). | *Simple sentence: A Simple sentence is one independent clause with no subordinate clauses ( Hacker 464). "I am not very good a writing essays." | ||
*Compound sentence: A | *Compound sentence: A compound 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). "The girl ran fast, though her classmates were gaining on her." | ||
*Complex sentence: A complex sentence is composed of one independent clause with one or more subordinate clauses (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). | *Compound-complex sentence:A compound-complex sentence contains at least two independent clauses and at least one subordinate clause (Hacker 464). | ||
===Purpose=== | ===Purpose=== | ||
*Declaritive sentences make | There are four major patterns that function in a sentence. | ||
*Imperative sentences issue requests or commands (hacker 465). | *Declaritive sentences make statements (Hacker 465)."The weather is nice today." | ||
*Interrogative sentences ask questions (Hacker 465). | *Imperative sentences issue requests or commands (hacker 465). "Go to the store." | ||
*Exclamatory sentences make exclamations (Hacker 465). | *Interrogative sentences ask questions (Hacker 465). "What time is it anyways?" | ||
*Exclamatory sentences make exclamations (Hacker 465). "What a fun ride"! | |||
===Grammar=== | |||
There are eight basic sentence types or kernals within three verb types (transitive, intransitive, and linking). | |||
*Transitive | |||
**Sentence with a transitive verb and an object: "The girl sees the tree" (Rodby 45). | |||
**Sentence with a transitive verb and a direct object and an indirect object: "The professor gives the students an assignment" (Rodby 45). | |||
**Sentence with a transitive verb and a direct object and either a noun or an adjective as a complement: "Milly calls Jane a fool" (Rodby 46). | |||
*Intransitive | |||
**Sentence with an intransitive verb: "The man sleeps" (Rodby 46). | |||
*Linking | |||
**Sentence with a ''be'' verb and a noun or adjective: "The man is nice" (Rodby 46). | |||
**Sentence with a ''be'' verb and an adverb of time or place or both: "The meeting is here" (Rodby 46). | |||
**Sentence with a linking verb followed by a noun or an adjective: "The dog becomes vicious" (Rodby 46). | |||
**Sentence with a ''be'' verb or a linking verb, an adjective, and either a prepositional phrase or a noun clause: "The dog was aware that he was cold" (Rodby 46). | |||
==How to make a sentence== | ==How to make a sentence== | ||
*A sentence should have a subject and a verb. | *A sentence should have a [[What is "subject/verb agreement"?|subject and a verb.]] | ||
*The first word should always be a capital letter. | *The first word should always be a capital letter. | ||
* | *Sentences must end with a [[What is the correct way to use punctuation?|period, question mark, or an exclamation point.]] | ||
* | *Sentences must be a complete thought. | ||
*A sentence can be either positive or negative in function. | |||
==Usage== | ==Usage== | ||
Line 29: | Line 46: | ||
The subject is what or whom the sentence is about. The verb tells what the subject of the sentence does. It tells the action. | The subject is what or whom the sentence is about. The verb tells what the subject of the sentence does. It tells the action. | ||
:To determine the subject of a sentence, first isolate the verb and then make a question by placing who? or what? before it. The answer is the subject(Peck). | :To determine the subject of a sentence, first isolate the verb and then make a question by placing who? or what? before it. The answer is the subject(Peck). | ||
:Sentences should have a predicate that says something about the verb. | |||
===Capital letter=== | ===Capital letter=== | ||
Line 42: | Line 60: | ||
*Exclamation points are used after an exclamation of surprise, shock or dismay, which is generally a short sentence or phrase expressing very strong feeling (Darling). | *Exclamation points are used after an exclamation of surprise, shock or dismay, which is generally a short sentence or phrase expressing very strong feeling (Darling). | ||
:The pool | :The pool party was great! | ||
:What a ride! | |||
===Complete thought=== | ===Complete thought=== | ||
A group of words must be capable of standing on its own to be considered a sentence. | A group of words must be capable of standing on its own to be considered a sentence. | ||
:She | :She going (incomplete) | ||
:She is going to work at four. | :She is going to work at four. (complete) | ||
== | ===Links=== | ||
* | *[http://115170032534.webcitehome.co.uk/punctuation.html "How to use punctuation"] | ||
* | *[http://www.arts.uottawa.ca/writcent/hypergrammer/subjpred.html#subject "Subject and predicate"] | ||
* | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=sentence_%28linguistics%29&oldid=608117917 "Sentence linguistics"] | ||
==Works Cited== | |||
*Darling, Roger. "How to use punctuation." 22 Mar 2006. Online. 12 Jul 2006 | |||
<http://115170032534.webcitehome.co.uk/punctuation.html> | |||
*Peck, Frances. "Subject and Predicate." 1994. Online. 12 Jul 2006. | |||
<http://www.arts.uottawa.ca/writcent/hypergrammer/subjpred.html#subject> | |||
*Hacker, Diana. ''A Writer's Reference.'' 5th Ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2003. | |||
*Rodby, Judith. "The Uses of Grammar." 2nd ed. Anderson, South Carolina: Parlor Press, 2012. | |||
*Wikipedia. "Sentence Linguistics." 27 Jun 2006. Online. 12 Jul 2006. | |||
<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=sentence_%28linguistics%29&oldid=60811791> | |||