A sentence is a group of words that convey a complete thought and can stand on its own and is made up of clauses.
A clause is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb for example
She is my friend
They are going to Bazaar
He is eating his food
There are two types of clauses: dependent clause and an independent clause.
An independent clause can stand on its own and can act as a sentence as it conveys a complete thought.
The dependent clause depends on another clause to give us a complete thought, it does not convey complete thought on its own.
A sentence is a group of words that convey a complete thought and can stand on its own and is made up of clauses
Sentences are divided based on clauses such as simple sentences, compound sentences, and complex sentences.
A simple sentence is a sentence made up of independent clauses and contains a subject and a verb for example
She is a doctor
They ate pizza and rice
She is my best friend
Compound sentences have two or more independent clauses and are joined by co-ordinating conjunctions.
A coma is always placed after the first independent clause and before the Conjunction in compound sentences for example
I’m going to Bazaar, because I need a dress
She ate all the pizza, because she was hungry
She will come to the party, but she is busy
Complex sentences are made up of dependent and independent clauses joined together by subordinating conjunctions.
In complex sentences, you can put the clauses in any order.
If the dependent clause is first in the sentence then we put a comma after it but when an independent clause appears first in the sentence we don’t put a comma after it for example
Do inform me if she needs help
Because she is not feeling well, we can’t go to Bazaar
Whenever he needs help, he goes to his teacher
Co-ordinating conjunctions
And
Or
But
So
Yet
For
Nor
Sub-ordinating conjunctions
Because
Unless
Although
Until
So that
Whenever
Wherever
Before
After
If
Whether.
Grammar rules and sentences
Categories of sentences based on their function
A sentence is a group of words that have a subject and predicate and give us a complete thought.
There are four types of sentences,divided on the basis of their function. Declarative sentences, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences
Declarative sentences serve the purpose of conveying information and could be positive or negative.
Declarative sentences end with a period (American English) or full stop (British English) for example.
He is a good boy.
We are going to Japan.
She ate all the pizza.
They are not going for a picnic.
An interrogative sentence serves the function of asking questions and ends with a question mark, for example. Where do you live?
What is your name?
Don’t you like pizza?
Would you like to have a few chocolates?
Did she finish the work in less time?
Exclamatory sentence: Exclamatory sentences are used to show emotions and feelings and end with an exclamation mark, for example. What a beautiful flower!
Wow, it’s amazing!
Alas, her father has lost the job!
Imperative sentences serve the function of instructions, orders, and requests; these can be ended either by an exclamation mark or a full stop, depending on the sentence. If there is a strong emotion in the sentence, then the sentence ends with an exclamation mark; if not, then we use a period or full stop.
Nobody is going to come here.
Everything should be cleared from the room.
Let’s now focus on some grammar rules to help us with error detection.
1: A Subject is either a noun or a pronoun.
For example
She ate all the pizza.
She is a subject and a pronoun.
2:Following pronouns are singular and therefore take singular verbs, not plural
Nobody, nothing
Anybody, anything
Somebody, something
Everybody, everything
For example
Nobody is going to come here.
3:Nouns and pronouns do not come together in a sentence because a pronoun is used instead of a noun to save their repetition.
For example, everyone section is wrong because everyone is a pronoun and section is a noun, and we do not use them together. Every section is the right form.
4:Use fewer when something is quantifiable or countable and less when it cannot be counted, for example.
Would you like to have a few chocolates?
Did she finish the work in less time?
Pronouns after prepositions always come in objective cases; for example, there is
a similarity between him and her.
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