Language syntax, Summaries of English Language

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LANGUAGE

SYNTAX

The arrangement of

words and phrases to

create well-performed

sentences in a language.

Example:

“The Cat sat on the mat.”

2 ideas + 1 independent

sentence joined by a

conjunction.

Compound Sentence

1 or more ideas + 1

independent sentence + 1

or more dependent

clauses/phrases.

Complex Sentence

“The Cat sat on the mat,

eating more fish.”

“The Cat sat on the mat,

eating more fish.”

Example:

++

“Yesterday, the Cat sat

on the mat and it ate

a fish.”

Example:

Types of

Sentences

Interrogativ

e

Interrogativ

e

 (^) This sentence is a method of sharing thoughts, ideas, and opinions.

Sentence Type 2

Example:Example:

Exclamator

y

Exclamator

y

 (^) A sentence expresses a strong feelings by marking an exclamation

Sentence Type 3

Example:Example:

It is the deletion of items within a sentence that is being reconstructed from the context.

Example:

Wanna go canteen?

• Can be also a pausing speech indicated by the consecutive dots.

Ellipsis

Conjunctions

 (^) the action or an instance

of two or more events or

things occurring at the

same point in time or

space.

Coordination

 (^) Used to join two main words, phrases, or main clauses.

Ex.

Today, I went to mall and bought some clothes

Subordinating  (^) Used to connect the main clause to a subordinate clause Ex. I will listen to music while running.

A process performing nouns from a whole

clauses.

Nominalisation

Developmen

t

Develop