Sentence
what is sentence?
A Sentence can be defined as a group of words making complete sense. This is not full definition, as you will learn later, but it will do for the moment. Not all groups of words make sense.
FOR INSTANCE____
a. The at five O' clock is flight next
b. Of the town they are at the other side live.
when a person said this to us we could probably sort out what he meant, but he would not be speaking in sentences; such person would be speaking a collection of words which have to be rearranged prior they can be said to make sense
These jumbles of words , however , do contain smaller groups which do make sense ; for example, at five O' clock ,of the town ;at the other side . But their sense is not complete ; the words do not express a whole idea; other words are needed to help them fit into understandable statement . Such groups of words , making sense but not complete sense, are called phrases .
CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING__
a. The next flight is at five o' clock.
b. They live at the other side of the town.
These groups of words make complete sense and express complete thoughts. They are called sentences.
Additionally, a sentence contains two main parts_the subject, and the predicate.
The subject usually comes first and is followed by the predicate.
A sentence may contain only one word or many words
EXAMPLES:
⦁ SUBJECT PREDICATE
⦁ The pupils are in the classroom
⦁ Many Lecturers own good cars
⦁ God lives
In some sentences, the predicate comes before the subject.Here ,the change in word order has to be appreciated.
Example:
The 2012 elections were organised by INEC
We were surprised at his achievement
The above underline words are subject of the sentence.
In some sentences, however, the subjects are not expressed but there is an understood 'you'
EXAMPLES: Go away.......
(you) go away
Come here: meaning
(you) come here
Eat the food: meaning
you eat the food
Sentences also have kinds:
i. Statement: Thank you for your latter.
The next flight is by 5 o' clock
We can't wait any longer.
Question: who is there?
did john take the drugs?
where are the children?
Command: keep off the grass
leave this place
leave the lecture hall at once👍
Exclamation: what a nuisance it is!
oh! my goodness
wow! that is amazing
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
1. What is concord in English
2. what is logic , opinion and it's kinds
3. rules of syllogism
4. what is literature in English
5. what is registers
6. grammatical rules and structures for making correct sentence
Happy reading you must have learnt something deference please come back for more English learning .
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