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 third item.

Look closely at the sentences in the paragraph from The Pen Commandments, choose one simple sentence that forms the SV structure, post it here in a comment, explain why that sentence is simple, identify the subject-verb combination, and explain the clause structure.

posted by: sentenceguy at 07:24 | link | comments (5) |

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#1  05 October 2008 - 10:47

 

most of us are are creatures of habbit.
most of us is subject
are is verb
S1+0
sv

Mo'nonymous

#2  06 October 2008 - 03:24

 

How does the sentence reproduced here differ from the original sentence? Take a close look.

sentenceguy

#3  07 October 2008 - 08:33

 

Did you sleep with your feet at the head of the bed and your head at the foot?
you subject
did sleep verb

Mo'nonymous

#4  07 October 2008 - 08:33

 

Did you sleep with your feet at the head of the bed and your head at the foot?
[S]
SV
You-subject
Did sleep-verb

AM

Mo'nonymous

#5  07 October 2008 - 15:19

 

Why is #4 a better answer than #3?

sentenceguy

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