|
The Structure of a Sentence (745 words) |
 | Usually, however, the sentence has a subject as well as a predicate and both the subject and the predicate may have modifiers. |
| The most natural sentence structure is the simple sentence: it is the first kind which children learn to speak, and it remains by far the most common sentence in the spoken language of people of all ages. |
| A complex sentence is very different from a simple sentence or a compound sentence because it makes clear which ideas are most important. |
| Subject and Predicate (427 words) |
| 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. |
| Imperative sentences (sentences that give a command or an order) differ from conventional sentences in that their subject, which is always "you," is understood rather than expressed. |
| Be careful with sentences that begin with "there" plus a form of the verb "to be." In such sentences, "there" is not the subject; it merely signals that the true subject will soon follow. |
Feeds |
Contact