Description TYPE OF SENTENCES Preview TYPE OF SENTENCES SIMPLE SENTENCE COMPOUND SENTENCE COMPLEX SENTENCE DEFINITION A simple sentence‚ also called an independent clause‚ contains a subject and a verb‚ and it expresses a complete thought. A compound sentence contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinator. The coordinators are as follows: for‚ and‚ nor‚ but‚ or‚ yet‚ so. (Helpful hint: The first letter of each of the coordinators spells FANBOYS.) Except for very short sentences‚ coordinators
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SENTENCE PATTERNS: SAMPLES 1. S--Vi--(Adv.) (Subject--Intransitive Verb--Adverb‚ usually optional) The man coughed (loudly). The audience laughed. The guest has arrived. The children walked down the street. The waiter hurried away from the door. Note: An intransitive verb is an action verb that does not require a direct object or a complement to complete its meaning. The word "intransitive" literally means "does not carry across." Therefore‚ the action of the verb does not transfer
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4 Activity Title: Sentence Activity Introduction: A sentence is a grammatical unit consisting of one or more words that are grammatically linked. A sentence can include words grouped meaningfully to express a statement‚ question‚ exclamation‚ request‚ command or suggestion. As with all language expressions‚ sentences might contain function and content words and contain properties distinct to natural language‚ such as characteristic intonation and timing patterns. Sentences are generally characterized
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about 5 years before started to operate his first electrical appliances shop. His parent’s was his great inspiration when he decided to come up with the idea to indulge in a business. They supported him financially when he comes up with that idea. Previously‚ P. Square was just a normal electrical business. As the business growth was rapidly increasing‚ the founder decided to specialise in one product which was the environmental friendly air conditioners. He came across this idea because he wanted
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Mohamed Hatab‚Ibraheem Sattour‚Rahim Fazil‚Tarik Ahroui Simple sentences‚compound sentences‚complex sentences‚compound complex sentences Simple sentence:Contains a subject a predicate‚and expresses a complete thought Ex.Some students like to study in the morning Identify the subject and predicate in these simple sentences Ex.1 1.Bill and Bob auditioned for the lead role in the play. 2.The kittens were adopted by the family. 3.Peanut butter
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UMEÅ SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS LATEST CHANGE: 2012-01-09 Umeå University Thesis writing in Business Administration Thesis work is often perceived as fun‚ rewarding and challenging; you get to choose the topic and immerse yourself in your own area of interest. However‚ you will also face large demands on independence and analytical ability. If you write on commission‚ you can also experience the fulfillment that the knowledge you develop will benefit others. The work is very different
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org/2012/05/global-business-speaks-english/ar/1 Global Business Speaks English by Tsedal Neeley Ready or not‚ English is now the global language of business. More and more multinational companies are mandating English as the common corporate language—Airbus‚ Daimler-Chrysler‚ Fast Retailing‚ Nokia‚ Renault‚ Samsung‚ SAP‚ Technicolor‚ and Microsoft in Beijing‚ to name a few—in an attempt to facilitate communication and performance across geographically diverse functions and business endeavors. Adopting
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English Language; Writing a Narrative Part one: Nancy the maid. As the sun rose over the ‘Black quarter’ of the town‚ its inhabitants awoke to yet another gun shot. You couldn’t walk around Down Town without either seeing somebody walking around with a gun‚ or someone who has tragically lost a family member. Soon everybody would have lost at least one member of their immediate family dead. Gone. All
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• What is a paragraph? • A paragraph is a collection of related sentences dealing with a single topic. • Learning to write good paragraphs will help you as a writer stay on track during your drafting and revision stages. • Good paragraphing also greatly assists your readers in following a piece of writing. You can have fantastic ideas‚ but if those ideas aren’t presented in an organized fashion‚ you will lose your readers (and fail to achieve your goals in writing). Qualities of a Good Paragraph:
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PAAGRAPH WHAT IS A PARAGRAPH? Paragraphs are the building blocks of papers. A paragraph is a group of sentences that develops one main idea. A paragraph may stand by itself as a complete piece of writing‚ or it may be a section of a longer piece of writing‚ such as an essay. No single rule can prescribe how long a paragraph should be the unity and coherence of ideas among sentences is what constitutes a paragraph‚ but a paragraph that is too short can make a reader think that some basic information
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