Structure of English
Structure of English
Structure of English
Common
- teacher, country
Concrete
- notebook, pencil
Abstract
- Hope, Love
Collective
- team, class
Open
-ice cream
Noun
Hyphenated
- self-esteem Compound
Close
- haircut
Countable
- books, chairs
Uncountable Word
-stars, hair
Singular Fragment
- Missing Subj., Verb, and Thought
Plural
Independent clause
Personal
- He is my brother Clause
Dependent Clause
- Has Subject and Predicate
Possessive
- Her love for music is contagious
Det. + Noun
Demonstrative
- This is my favorite album. Det + Series of Modifier
Indefinite
- Anybody can make difference in the word. Finite Verb
Verb Phrase
Reciprocal Infinite Verb
- The two friend hugged each other. Phrase
- Single unit with Constituent Attributes
Action/Dynamic Part of Speech Structure of English Adjective Phrase
Predicative
Linking/Stative/Copula
Adverbial Phrase
Auxiliary/Helping/Operator
Prepositional Phrase
Modal verb
-can, might, shall, should, must Conjunctional Phrase
Intransitive
Declarative
- NO DO
Imperative
Regular
- regular conjugation (-ed)
Types of Sentence Interrogative
Irregular Verb
Exclamatory
- do not follow conjugation
gone, brought, ate
Negative
Ditransitive
- IO and DO Simple
Ambitransitive Compound
- Can be Transitive or Intransitive - 2 IC + 1 CC
Kinds of Sentence
Separable Complex
Phrasal Verb - 1 DC + 1 IC + 1 SC
Non-separable
Compound-Complex
Finite (has S) 1 DC + 2 IC + 1 SC + 1CC
- I am running
S- IV
Non-finite (not specific)
Sentence
- Having walked S-LV-[S] C
Descriptive S- TV- DO
Demonstrative S-TV-DO-OP
- That tree is special to me
Dangling Modifier
Subtopic
Misplaced Modifier
Faulty Parallelism
Run on Sentence