Experienced writers use a variety of sentences to make their writing interesting and lively. Too many simple sentences‚ for example‚ will sound choppy and immature while too many long sentences will be difficult to read and hard to understand. This page contains definitions of simple‚ compound‚ and complex sentences with many simple examples. The purpose of these examples is to help the ESL/EFL learner to identify sentence basics including identification of sentences in the short quizzes that follow
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period and a capital letter or (2) a comma (if needed) and the joining word and‚ but‚ for‚ or so. Do not use the same method of correction for every sentence. Some of the run-ons are fused sentences (there is no punctuation between the two complete thoughts)‚ and some are comma splices (there is only a comma between the two complete thoughts). One sentence is correct. 1. Slovakia‚ a country in eastern Europe‚ was once ruled by the Austro-Hungarian Empire‚ it is now an independent country. 2
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XI LIU Cultural Event Paper: Pan’s Labyrinth I like watching movies‚ and I want to learn about different cultures from different countries. So I attended the cultural event of 2012 Foreign Film Series at 7:00 pm in October 9th. I was so excited that the Art History Organization gave us a chance to watch a Spanish film called Pan’s Labyrinth. I had heard of it before‚ but I had never watched it. This film combined the fantasy world and the real world perfectly. That is to say‚ it is a film of magic
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13 Sentence Patterns Pattern A A single modifier out of place for emphasis Modifier S.V To place additional emphasis on any modifier put it somewhere other than its normal place in the sentence. You must have a comma to keep reader from misinterpreting the sentence. Single words before‚ inside‚ or below may look like prepositions instead of singular adverb if comma is not used. Unclear: inside the child was noisy. Clear: inside‚ the child was noisy. Incorrect: Francesca
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unconventional “redskins”‚ fairies and mermaids. On the very first line of his famous novel‚ Barrie sentenced: “All children‚ except one‚ grow up” . More than a hundred years after these words were written‚ we can say that Barrie could not be more right. Peter Pan‚ or the boy who wouldn’t grow up‚ has been immortalized not only in Barrie’s stories‚ but also in our minds and our hearts. This childish boy is nowadays one of the most remarkable characters of the last centuries‚ who since its first appearance on
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Complex Sentences Complex sentences are sentences that have several parts‚ each with a verb‚ and these parts are joined by ‘joining words’ (连词). For example‚ here are two simple sentences: “I know a man. He has five children.” If you join these two sentences by using the relative pronoun (联系代名词) ‘who’‚ it now becomes a complex sentence: “I know a man who has five children.” (By the way‚ ‘who’ is not pronounced with extra word stress here. You only stress this word when it means ‘ 谁?’‚ which
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Sentence Coherence Coherence means the quality of sticking together. a sentence has coherence when the sentence elements are so arranged as to show their relationship. Clarity in the sentence depends largely on proper word order A. Achieving coherence through proper placement of modifiers A modifier is a word‚ phrase‚ or clause that describes‚ strengthens‚ or clarifies another word (or group of words) in a sentence. When a modifier is placed in its proper position in a sentence‚ a sense
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English Composition 1102 My Life‚ a Labyrinth. Life has not always been easy‚ for there are so many responsibilities: finances‚ work‚ and an education. Though I am only nineteen‚ it feels like I am walking through a never ending maze. Decisions to make‚ grades to maintain‚ spending most of my time tangled in books of science and mathematics‚ uncertain of where I am headed. Is this what I truly want? If not‚ can I back down? Are my time and youth being wasted in the pressures of finding the
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The Battle of the Labyrinth Percy Jackson‚ the main character of the book‚ was a half blood‚ which means he is a demigod‚ with his father as Poseidon‚ the sea god and a mortal mother. He has powers that enables him to control the sea. He is excellent in sword fighting‚ monster maiming‚ rock climbing and chariot racing. His best friends‚ Annabeth and Grover accompanies him on his adventures. There was a prophecy that states when Percy reached 16 years old‚ he has a decision to save Olympus or destroy
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This section of the Labyrinth of Solitude was really interesting and made me aware of a different lens in order to view Mexicans. For instance‚ in the first chapter Paz talks about how the Pachucos don’t identify with either Mexicans or people born in the United States. They have their own identity and they make it obvious through their clothing. From what I have learned before‚ I always had this perspective of Pachucos being violent rebels of society. Paz makes an assumption that the Pachucos are
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