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Sentence Structure Quotes

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"Grammatical complexity refers to the type of sentences you're using. You should include both simple and complex sentences in your paragraph."
"And is going to combine two different sentences in propositional logic together."
"Reading helps to improve sentence structure and grammar. Yes, it does."
"A great way to hear the music of a sentence is to listen to the sentence three or four times in a row."
"Adjective clauses are dependent and therefore you would change that period to a comma."
"These are complex sentences because you've got at least two clauses, one independent and one of them is dependent."
"Verbs are the matter of a sentence. Without a verb, can you say a sentence? Yo ana what? There's something missing, an action."
"Understand the sentence as a whole because that's where you really form those connections as to what everything does in the sentence. If you can't understand the sentence, it means that you're lacking understanding of something in there."
"An independent clause is basically the same thing as a simple sentence: it's one subject and one verb."
"I see writing as a great skill to help you formalize your own sentences."
"Word choice and how every sentence is constructed is really crucial in short fiction."
"Sentence diagramming forces you to think about the pattern of a sentence."
"A sentence is a group of words that starts with a capital letter, ends with a period, exclamation point, or question mark, and expresses a complete thought."
"Structure techniques are sentence types: simple, compound, complex sentences, declarative sentences, ellipsis, repetition, listing."
"The hierarchical structure of a sentence is called syntactic constituency."
"Whenever you see a long sentence, try to break it up."
"Learn your independent versus dependent clauses and learn those sentence structure rules."
"A complete simple sentence must always have at least one verb."
"To reach this point and start sounding more like a native speaker, it's vital to learn the fundamentals of sentence structure."
"We're teaching them the four different sentence types: a statement, a question, an exclamation, or commands."
"It's absolutely fine to end a sentence with a preposition."
"What constitutes an independent clause is when a sentence can stand on its own."
"A sentence is a group of words that has a subject and a verb."
"A sentence always expresses a complete thought."
"A sentence is simply a group of words that formulate a meaning."
"Most of your sentences should be active... it just gives more clarity."
"Proofread... you're able to get a feel for the sentence structure that you use."
"Syntactic functions fulfill a role in the structure of the sentence while the semantic roles have to do with what is actually happening in the situation described by the sentence."
"An independent clause is just a complete thought and it can stand alone as a sentence."
"A dependent clause has both the subject and a predicate but it can't stand as a sentence."
"Sentence combining has a strong positive effect on writing."
"Many theories of syntax use binary syntax trees to represent the structure of sentences."
"Starting sentences with verbs is the thing that's going to make the most difference to their assessment of your ability to write a sentence."
"The more complexity you can show, the better, so aim for longer, more complex sentences or compound sentences if you can."
"So in the next week, we will start discussion on syntax, that how do we find out what are the word arrangements in a sentence and how do we group them in various sorts of phrases."
"The earlier material in the sentence is the topic; the later material is the focus."
"Having kids use sentence starters...allows them to start, then it's easier to continue."
"Logical analysis aims to reveal the logical form of sentences not just for its own sake but to solve philosophical problems."
"Every sentence has a word that's only three letters long."
"If you understand these four kinds of sentences, English will become much easier for you."
"A compound sentence is a marriage between two sentences."
"The more the longer and the more complex your sentence structure is, the better the score will be for listenability."
"Commas can totally change the meaning of a sentence."
"It will have a good range of structures and relevant vocabulary which are used accurately."
"Every word in a sentence is very much connected to what comes before it and what comes after it."
"If we take a much more complicated sentence... it does a very good job of picking that apart and understanding the structure."