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Structure of English

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Proper

- Saki, Saint Jude

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

Interrogative Det + Series of Modifier + Noun


- What is your name?
Modifier+ Noun
Relative Noun Phrase
- The last bike that I owned wasn't very resilient. Pronoun
Appositive Phrase

Reflexive (DO = S) Infinitive Phrase


- The boy kicked himself
Gerund Phrase
Intensive/ Emphatic (emphasis)
-Mike himself built that house
Participial Phrase

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

Transitive Interjection Phrase


- Has DO

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

Quantitative Sentence Pattern S-TV-IO-DO


-uncountable noun
S-TV-DO-IO
Numeral
Adjective S-TV-DO-OC
-countable noun

Demonstrative S-TV-DO-OP
- That tree is special to me
Dangling Modifier
Subtopic
Misplaced Modifier

Sentence Error Squinting Modifier

Faulty Parallelism

Run on Sentence

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