Good Sentences

What is a good sentence? How do we know one when we see one? What can we learn from good sentences? Can we become better readers and writers by stopping occasionally to notice sentences and to examine them? We address these questions here by examining sentences from all types of sources.

This is the sixth item.

Look closely at the sentences in the paragraph from The Pen Commandments, choose one sentence with a clause combination of 1+2, post it here in a comment, explain why that sentence is complex, identify each clause, identify the subject-verb combinations, explain the structure of each clause, and identify the function of each dependent clause.

posted by: sentenceguy at 07:21 | link | comments (3) |

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#1  07 October 2008 - 09:06

 

It explains why we’re so starved for variety, and no one wants it more than your reader.
it explains is dependant clause
whywe are so starved for variety ind clause
and no one wants it more than your reader dpendant clause
it is subject
explain verb

we is subject
are is verb
starved is complement
wants is verb
it is object
your reader is subject
1+2 X

Mo'nonymous

#2  07 October 2008 - 09:08

 

It explains why we’re so starved for variety, and no one wants it more than your reader
[X] 1+2
It explains (dep) SV
It- subject
explains-verb
why we’re so starved for variety (indep)SVC
We-subject
are-verb
starved-compl.

and no one wants it more than your reader(dep)SVO
Your reder-subject
wants-verb
it-object
AM

Mo'nonymous

#3  07 October 2008 - 15:26

 

Take another look at the paragraph. This one is not easy to find.

sentenceguy

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