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Sentence structures: I know there are 4 kinds of sentence but I'm not sure... #1 (permalink) Sun Jan 15, 2006 4:47 am   Sentence structures: I know there are 4 kinds of sentence but I'm not sure...
 

Hi everybody :D

I know there are 4 kinds of sentence but I'm not sure about its structure, so could you please help me about this?

Please give me an example of each one?
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Sentence structures #2 (permalink) Tue Jan 17, 2006 8:02 am   Sentence structures
 

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I suppose that you mean:

Declarative: I ate a squid.
Interrogative: Did you really?
Imperative: Eat this squid.
Exclamatory: I won't, I won't, I won't!
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Thanks #3 (permalink) Tue Jan 17, 2006 11:55 am   Thanks
 

Hi MM

Thanks for your help, that's also interesting but i wanted to know something like simple sentence, compound sentence.. etc.
So could you help me again?

hope to get your help
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Sentence structures #4 (permalink) Tue Jan 17, 2006 14:18 pm   Sentence structures
 

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Aha!--

Simple: I ate a squid.
Compound: I ate a squid and then I threw up.
Complex: I ate a squid that the chef had undercooked.
Compound-Complex: I ate a squid that the chef had undercooked, and then I threw up.
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Thanks #5 (permalink) Wed Jan 18, 2006 3:21 am   Thanks
 

Hi MM

Thanks again for your help. You didn't give me the sructure so I try to make it up

simple: independent clause
compound: main clause + conjunction + main clause.
complex: main clause + dependent clause.
compound-complex: complex sentence + conjunction + main clause.

Are they right? If not, please help me for the correct one

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Sentence structures #6 (permalink) Wed Jan 18, 2006 13:47 pm   Sentence structures
 

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Yes, you have the idea right, Jupiter. I'd write:

simple: single independent clause
compound: independent clause (+ coordinating conjunction) + independent clause.
complex: independent clause (+ subordinating conjunction) + dependent clause.
compound-complex: complex sentence (+ coordinating conjunction) + independent clause OR independent clause + independent clause + dependent clause (+ appropriate conjunctions.
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Sentence structures #7 (permalink) Wed Jan 18, 2006 13:49 pm   Sentence structures
 

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Oops! Sorry, I forgot to log in, Jupiter. And of course the order of the clauses makes no difference.
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Sentence structures: I know there are 4 kinds of sentence but I'm not sure... #8 (permalink) Thu Oct 15, 2009 23:45 pm   Sentence structures: I know there are 4 kinds of sentence but I'm not sure...
 

Do you have to have a conjunction at the beginning of a Compound-complex sentence?
Or is that just for complex sentences?
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Sentence structures: I know there are 4 kinds of sentence but I'm not sure... #9 (permalink) Thu Oct 15, 2009 23:49 pm   Sentence structures: I know there are 4 kinds of sentence but I'm not sure...
 

At the beginning? 'No' for both.
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Sentence structures: I know there are 4 kinds of sentence but I'm not sure... #10 (permalink) Thu Oct 15, 2009 23:56 pm   Sentence structures: I know there are 4 kinds of sentence but I'm not sure...
 

MM where can I get a tutorial which could enumerate this briefly?
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Sentence structures: I know there are 4 kinds of sentence but I'm not sure... #11 (permalink) Thu Oct 15, 2009 23:59 pm   Sentence structures: I know there are 4 kinds of sentence but I'm not sure...
 

Is this a simple? "I ate a squid, throwing up."
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Sentence structures: I know there are 4 kinds of sentence but I'm not sure... #12 (permalink) Fri Oct 16, 2009 4:14 am   Sentence structures: I know there are 4 kinds of sentence but I'm not sure...
 

That is not a good sentence, James. The nonfinite clause is not logically related to the main clause.

Gkukreti, if you do a Google search on the phrases ('simple sentence', 'compound s', 'complex s', 'compound-complex s') you will find plenty of explanation and examples.
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Sentence structures: I know there are 4 kinds of sentence but I'm not sure... #13 (permalink) Fri Oct 16, 2009 4:27 am   Sentence structures: I know there are 4 kinds of sentence but I'm not sure...
 

Thank you, Mr. Micawber, (I can't help recalling a novel). But how about this one, "I ate a squid, thereby throwing up."?
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Sentence structures: I know there are 4 kinds of sentence but I'm not sure... #14 (permalink) Fri Oct 16, 2009 23:15 pm   Sentence structures: I know there are 4 kinds of sentence but I'm not sure...
 

Mister Micawber wrote:
That is not a good sentence, James. The nonfinite clause is not logically related to the main clause.


No, again, Mister. It can be the best way to use a nonfinite clause for the logic related to the main clause such as: "I ate a squid, (thereby) throwing up." in patent English.

Are you saying you don't care about patent English, Micawber? It does not belong to your kingdom, right?
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Sentence structures: I know there are 4 kinds of sentence but I'm not sure... #15 (permalink) Sat Oct 17, 2009 0:07 am   Sentence structures: I know there are 4 kinds of sentence but I'm not sure...
 

James wrote:
Mister Micawber wrote:
That is not a good sentence, James. The nonfinite clause is not logically related to the main clause.


No, again, Mister. It can be the best way to use a nonfinite clause for the logic related to the main clause such as: "I ate a squid, (thereby) throwing up." in patent English.

Are you saying you don't care about patent English, Micawber? It does not belong to your kingdom, right?

Even documents so exalted as patents should aim at being clear and intelligible to their readers, and stick to conventional grammar and style.
The word "thereby" at least links the the participle to the main clause; but it is too formal for this type of sentence, it sounds odd. Perhaps you could write "I ate a squid, which made me throw up".
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