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Syntax - Ordering of Language
Syntax - Ordering of Language
Syntax - Ordering of Language
Simple Sentence: One subject and one predicate. I bought my friends some
candy.
Compound Sentence: Two subjects and two predicates. I visited the beach and
I got a really bad sunburn.
Complex Sentences
Although our tent was zipped up, the sound of hyenas in the distance still
frightened us.
Compound complex=independents+dependents
After the storm passed, I went outside, and I picked flowers, beause they are
beautiful
Though he has a crippling walnut alergy, Alberto bravely walked through the
walnut grove, but he made sure to wear long sleeves.
Phrase: a group of words that acts like a part of speech it can’t be a sentence!.
My best friend (noun), with the blue shirt (prepositional phrase adj) for twenty
days (adverbial phrase).
Clause:It can be a sentence (not always though) – has a subject and a verb –
can be dependent (not a sentence) The wizard who cast a spell – Can be
independent The wizart cast a spell
Dependent and Independent Clause
Relative Clauses
A dependent clause that starts with a relative pronoun: who, that , which,
whose, where.