ENGL 006 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: The Home Depot, The Cheesecake Factory, Independent Clause

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A simple sentence contains a subject and a verb. It expresses a single complete thought that can stand on its own. ^there is a subject and a verb that expresses a complete thought: professor maple(cid:859)s i(cid:374)tellige(cid:374)t stude(cid:374)ts (cid:272)o(cid:373)pleted a(cid:374)d tur(cid:374)ed i(cid:374) their ho(cid:373)e(cid:449)ork. ^ a simple sentence does not necessarily have to be short. In this case, there are t(cid:449)o (cid:448)er(cid:271)s (cid:862)(cid:272)o(cid:373)pleted(cid:863) a(cid:374)d (cid:862)tur(cid:374)ed i(cid:374). (cid:863) ho(cid:449)e(cid:448)er, the se(cid:374)te(cid:374)(cid:272)e e(cid:454)presses o(cid:374)e complete thought and therefore is a simple sentence: megan and ron ate too much and felt sick. ^although there are two subjects and two verbs, it is still a simple sentence because both verbs share the same subjects and express one complete thought. A compound sentence has two independent clauses. An independent clause is a part of a sentence that can stand alone because it contains a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought. Basically, a compound contains two simple sentences.

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Coordinating Conjunctions

One way of combining sentences to make your writing more mature is by using a coordinating conjunction. This makes two sentences into a single, compound sentence - a sentence with two separate subjects and two separate verbs.

Coordinating Conjunctions: FANBOYS

Punctuation:

If you are putting two complete sentences together with a coordinating conjunction, you need a comma before the coordinating conjunction.

Example: Andrew woke up late. Andrew made it to school on time

Andrew woke up late, yet he made it to school on time. (Two complete sentences joined by comma and "yet.")

2) You can also combine sentences by making one of them incomplete. If you are joining a complete sentence with an incomplete sentence. (e.g. a phrase that does not have both a subject, and verb), you don't need a comma before the coordinating conjunction.

Which correctly combines the two sentences below using a coordinating conjunction?

The hike to the top of the canyon was only eight miles. It took us all day.

A. The hike on the two of the canyon was only eight miles, but it took us all day.

a. The hike to the top of the canyon was only eight miles but it took us all day.

C. The hike to the top of the canyon was only eight miles, but it took us all day.

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Complex Sentences and Subordinate Clauses

A complex sentence has a main clause and one or more subordinate clauses. A main clause has a subject and a predicate, and it can stand alone as a sentence. A subordinate clause also has a subject and a predicate, but it cannot stand alone as a sentence. It depends on the main clause to complete its meaning. It can act as an adjective, an adverb, or a noun.

MAIN CLAUSE SUBORDINATE CLAUSE

They are playing music that I like to hear. (adjective)

We must stop skating when the music stops. (adverb)

I will tell you what happened at the rink. (noun)

Write in the blank simple or complex to identify the type of sentence.

complex February 2, which is the midpoint of winter, is an unusual holiday.

__________ 1. It is Groundhog Day and is celebrated all over the country.

__________ 2. The groundhog, which is actually a woodchuck, emerges from hibernation on that day.

__________ 3. If the groundhog sees it shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter weather.

__________ 4. After the groundhog sees it shadow, it returns to its burrow until spring.

__________ 5. If the day is cloudy and the groundhog does not see its shadow, spring will come early.

__________ 6. The groundhog stays outside because it expects spring.

__________ 7. People enjoy this customer although most do not believe in it.

__________ 8. Statistical evidence does not support this popular superstition.

__________ 9. The groundhog that most people watch for is in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.

__________ 10. Its name is Phil, probably from the word fillip, which means "anything that stirs or liven up."

__________ 11. About seven thousand townspeople gather on February 2 and watch for the famous groundhog.

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ENGL 006 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: The Home Depot, The Cheesecake Factory, Independent Clause

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