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Sentence Structure

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Sentences are unnatural

  • 2 building blocks
  • for assembling thoughts
  • clarity
  • communication
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Subject

what you're talking about
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Predicate

What you're saying about it
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Subject

  • simple = noun
  • compound = 2 nouns
  • Complete = noun + adjective
  • Tabbies and black cats are ........... (incomplete thought)
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Predicate

  • simple = verb
  • complete = verb + adverb + ?
  • Tabbies and black cats are always cool, except when it's freezing.
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predicates must match the subject
tense
&
#

Prepositions

  • words that link nouns, pronouns, phrases to other words. They indicate direction, position, time or location
  • With, at, from, into, during, including, until, against, among, towards, upon, concerning,

Articles

A, AN,THE (make the noun specific or not)

Conjunctions

Make a sentence longer
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