Macro study on sentences

For your approval.

Prep det N
PP
Adverbial

This is for your approval.

Pron MV prer det N
NP VP PP
S LV AC

I love you I need you.

Pron MV pron Pron MV pron
NP VP NP NP VP NP
S TV DO S TV DO

Run-on sentences are sentences that are combined together without any
punctuations. These sentences are separated by a space.

HOW TO CORRECT A RUN-ON SENTENCE:

1. Put a period (.) after the first sentence.
I love you. I need you.
2. Put a semi-colon (;) after the first sentence.
 I love you; I need you.
3. Put a comma after the first sentence followed by a COORDINATING
CONJUNCTION.
I love you, and I need you.
I love you, I need you.

Comma Splice is a combination of two sentences separated only by a

comma.

HOW TO CORRECT A COMMA SPLICE:

1. Replace the comma with a period.

I love you. I need you.
2. Replace the comma with a semi-colon.
I love you; I need you.
3. Retain the comma, and add a COORDINATING CONJUNCTION before the
second sentence.
I love you, and I need you.

I have been waiting for you since 2pm, and I need to talk to you.

Classifications of Sentences:

By Purpose:
1. Declarative Sentence
2. Interrogative Sentence
3. Imperative Sentence
4. Exclamatory Sentence

By Form:
 1. Loose Sentence is a sentence that begins with an independent clause
followed by a dependent clause.
I slept AFTER I washed the dishes.
John, the only heir to the riches of his family, is dead.
The building collapsed, killing 80 people.
She slept right away, forgetting her assignment.

2. Periodic Sentence is a sentence that BEGINS WITH A DEPENDENT clause and

ends with an independent clause before the period.
AFTER I washed the dishes, I slept.
DEPENDENT CLAUSE INDEPENDENT CLAUSE

3. Balanced Sentence is composed of two or more compounded sentences

having the same or equal distribution of constituents.

I saw, I came, and I conquered.

Pron MV Pron MV Pron MV

Mary slept, John swam, and Peter jogged.

N MV N MV N MV

It was the best of times, and it was the worst of times.

Pro mv det adj prep n conj pro mv det adj prep noun

By Structure:
1. Simple Sentence is a sentence which may have a single subject or
compound subjects and a single verb or compound verbs.
Single subject with single verb
Mary wept.
Single subject with compound verb
Mary wept and sigh.
Compound Subjects with single verb
John and Mary died.
Compound Subjects with compound verbs.
John and Mary suffered and died.

A man dressed in white met us at the mall where we met each other for the first
time in February.
2. Compound Sentence is a sentence composed of two or more independent
clauses, being joined by coordinating conjunctions.

I cannot come to class, for I don’t feel well.

EFFECT CAUSE

I don’t feel well, SO I cannot come to class.

CAUSE EFFECT
She is beautiful, but I don’t like her.

3. Complex Sentence is a sentence which has one independent clause

(regardless of the number of dependent clauses).
AFTER I washed the dishes, I slept.
DEPENDENT CLAUSE INDEPENDENT CLAUSE

I slept AFTER I washed the dishes.

4. Compound - Complex Sentence is a sentence which has at least two

independent clauses (regardless of the number of dependent clauses).
I took a bath, and I slept AFTER I washed the dishes.

COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS

F-FOR (BECAUSE)
A-AND (ADDITION) (CONCLUSION) (NEXT EVENT)
N-NOR NEGATIVE SENTENCES (OPTIONS)
B-BUT (HOWEVER, NEVERTHELESS, STILL)
O-OR POSITIVE SENTENCES OR OPTIONS
Y-YET (HOWEVER, NEVERTHELESS, STILL)
S-SO (THEREFORE, THUS, HENCE, AS A RESULT)

I cannot come to class, for I don’t feel well.

EFFECT CAUSE

I don’t feel well, SO I cannot come to class.

CAUSE EFFECT

She is beautiful, but I don’t like her.

SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS

AFTER I washed the dishes, I slept. >>>> DC, IC

DEPENDENT CLAUSE INDEPENDENT CLAUSE

I slept AFTER I washed the dishes. >>>> IC DC

I saw, I came, and I conquered.

Pron MV Pron MV Pron MV
Mary slept, John swam, and Peter jogged.
N MV N MV N MV