I have joined in PCP for a 3rd semester and as a freshman. Now I am in grammar course and it is very interesting course. English grammar is very complicated but it is impressive.
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1. But what I remember most is moving a lot.. ( Cisnoros, p.3 )
_Noun clause in this sentences is "what I remember most." Subject-verb combination is "I remember."
_Independent clause in this sentenceis" is moving a lot". Subject-verb combination is "what is ." " What" is function as a subject of independent clause.
_Subordinator in this sentence is" but."
2.I didn't realize she'd told you how to reach me. ( Parker, 1996, p. 203 )
_Noun clause in this sentence is "she'd told you how to reach me." Subject-verb combination is " she'd told."
_Independent in this sentence is "I didn't realize." Subject-verb combination is "I did realize."
_Subordinator in this sentence is "how."
3.Our first aim was now to discover how stable intelligence was from age 11 to 77. ( Deary, p. 23 )
_Noun clause in this sentence is "how stable intelligence was from age 11 to 77." Subject-verb combination is "intelligence was."
_Independent clause in this sentence is " our first aim was now to discover." Subject-verb combination is "first was."
_Subordinator in this sentence is "how."
4.My guess is that he is a regular receiver of stolen cars from all over the country. ( Dahl, p. 235 )
_Noun clause in this sentence is "that he is a regular receiver of stolen cars from all over the country." Subject-verb combination is " he is."
_Independent clause in this sentence is "My guess is". Subject-verb combination is "guess is."
_Subordinator in this sentence is "that."
5.Correlation is a way of describing how closely two things relate to each other. ( Deary, p.x)
_Noun clause in this sentence is "how closely two things relate to each other."
" He was sitting in a bushplane roaring seven thousand feet above the northern wilderness with a pilot who had suffered a massive heart attack and who was either dead or in something close to a coma". ( chapter 1, p. 12 ) ( Hatchet , Gary Paulsen)
It is complex sentence because it has two independent clauses, one dependent clause, and coordinator.
"It was as if his hands and arms were lead". ( chapter 2, p. 13) ( Hatchet, Gary Paulsen )
It is complex sentence because it has one independent clause and one dependent clause.
"He knew there were procedures, that you could do mouth-to-mouth on victims of heart attacks and push their chests_C.P.R._but he did not know how to do it and in any case could not do it with the pilot, who was sitting up in the seat and still strapped in with his seatbelt. ( chapter 2, p. 14 ) ( Hatchet, Gary Paulsen )
It is compound complex sentence because it has two independent clauses, two dependent clauses, subordinator, and coordinator.
"I do not remember to have ever met a slave who could tell of his birthday". ( An American Slave )
It is compount sentence because it has two independent clauses and no dependent clause.
"I could not tell why I ought to be deprived of the same privilege." ( An American Slave )
It is complex sentence because it has one independent clause and one dependent clause.
"They seldom come nearer to it than planting-time, harvest- time, cherry-time, spring-time, or fall-time." ( An American Slave )
It is simple sentence because it has one dependent clause and no dependent clause.
" The louder she screamed, the harder he whipped; and where the blood ran fastest, there he whipped longest." ( An American Slave )
It is compound complex sentence because it has two independent clauses, two dependent clauses, subordinator, and coordinator.
"How you learn to write a good sentence is challenged yourself."
It is noun clause as Objects of Infinitives.
"My mom forgot to tell me why she did not cook".
It is noun clause as Objects of Infinitives.
"I did not do what the teacher had said".
It is noun clause as Objects of Verbs.
"I could not tell why I ought to be deprived of the same privilege". ( An American Slave )
Subordinator in Noun Clause.
"I came to the United States as a refugee and lived in Atlanta for 10 years".
It is simple sentence because it has one independent clause and no dependent clause.
"Education is very important to me but it is hard and long way for me to get to the point".
It is compound sentence because it has two independent clauses and no dependent clause.
"I am full time working student so I do not have enough time for study my homework but I try so hard to acheive my goal".
It is complex sentence because it has one indenpendent clause, two dependent clauses, and coordinators.
"Education in my country is very poor and there are tons of people unlettered; so I decide to come back to my country and help for uneducated people as much as I can after I graduated college."
It is compound complex because it has two independent clauses, three dependent clause, subordinator, and coordinator.
"He had to be nearly seven feel tall at the hump". (p. 35 ) ( Guts, Gary Paulsen)
It is simple sentence because it has one independent clause and no dependent clause.
"I had hunted in these woods for several years and I had never heard of them, of course, ans seen pictures of them". ( p. 34 ) ( Guts, Gary Paulsen)
It is complex sentence because it has one independent clause and one dependent clause.
"She walked off to eat lily-pad roots while I tried to find my box and cooler and paddle". (p. 41) ( Guts, Gary Paulsen)
It is compound sentence because it has two independent clauses ,no dependent clauses, and coordinator.
"I gave what first aid I could, then ran to get dressed and harness up a team to carry the victims to the highway, where I could call a veterinarian from a pay phone". ( p. 44) ( Guts, Gary Paulsen)
It is compound-complex sentence because it has two independent clauses, one dependent clause, coordinator, and subordinator.
"Thousand of people die each year from many strains of malaria or dengue fever". ( p. 57 ) ( Guts, Gary )
It is simple sentence because it has one independent clause and no dependent clause.
"Whole populations hav been wiped out by these two diseases-and they are both transmitted by the bite of mosquitoes". ( p. 57 ) ( Guts, Gary Paulsen )
It is complex sentence because it has one independent clause and one dependent clause.
"The guy in the front of the canoe could not reach around in time and his pack went to the bottom because he had filled it with canned goods". ( p. 63 ) ( Guts, Gary Paulsen )
It is compound-complex sentence because it has two independent clauses, one dependent clause, coordinator, and subordinator.
English is a difficult language to learn for every foreigner. I have studied English for years but I still cannot understand all of sentence types and verb patterns. It does not had a stable subject_verb pattern as my mother language. Even a simple sentence but it does has its own complication such as how to indentify SVC, SVO, and SV. I have learned English since I arrived to America. First, I attended at North Atlanta High School and I moved to Norcross High School. Next, I went to Dekalb Tech and studied for a year so I quit due to my family issue. While I was taking care of family problems, I went to Interactive College of Technology for ESL courses and I graduated ESL from that school. I could not go back to school for 4,5 years after my family issue. It was hard for me to persue my dream at that point. I worked out so hard to overcome all of my family problems and went back to school. I am now in school and I promise myself that whatever will be happen, I will never quit my schooling this time because I do not have enough time to keep doing that.
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