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Studying Sentence Patterns to Improve Your Writing, Part One
We are the champions.” In that line, the subject is “we.”
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Studying Sentence Patterns to Improve Your Writing, Part One
The predicate, “are the champions,” contains the "be" verb along with a subject complement, “the champions.”
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Studying Sentence Patterns to Improve Your Writing, Part One
This noun phrase is describing the subject, “we.” You might find sentences that appear more complicated but use the same basic structure.
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Studying Sentence Patterns to Improve Your Writing, Part One
Consider this song by the Beatles: Baby, you're a rich man Baby, you're a rich man Baby, you're a rich man At first, the sentence appears complicated, but the basic
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Studying Sentence Patterns to Improve Your Writing, Part One
structure of the sentence remains the same: subject plus "be," plus subject complement.
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Studying Sentence Patterns to Improve Your Writing, Part One
The difference is that the sentence has added information, a noun that is the same as the subject of the sentence. Baby, you're a rich man.
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Studying Sentence Patterns to Improve Your Writing, Part One
Or noun, subject, plus "be," plus subject complement.
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Studying Sentence Patterns to Improve Your Writing, Part One
In these examples, the subject and the "be" verb are followed by adverbials, which are, in this case, words or phrases that tell where or when.
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Studying Sentence Patterns to Improve Your Writing, Part One
In the first sentence, the adverbial structure is the prepositional phrase “at the concert.”
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Studying Sentence Patterns to Improve Your Writing, Part One
In the second sentence, the adverbial structure is the adverb “yesterday.”
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Studying Sentence Patterns to Improve Your Writing, Part One
These examples show another common "be" structure: subject plus "be," plus adverbial.
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Studying Sentence Patterns to Improve Your Writing, Part One
Think back to the Hemingway passage from the beginning of this story. "This is a clean and pleasant café.
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Studying Sentence Patterns to Improve Your Writing, Part One
It is well-lighted. The light is very good and also, now, there are shadows of the leaves.”
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Studying Sentence Patterns to Improve Your Writing, Part One
well-lighted. The sentence is: It is well-lighted.
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Studying Sentence Patterns to Improve Your Writing, Part One
But if you look closely, you will see every sentence in the passage uses pattern number one.
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Studying Sentence Patterns to Improve Your Writing, Part One
Two of the sentences use conjunctions, but they still depend on the same basic pattern. Hemingway was famous for his short, declarative style.
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Studying Sentence Patterns to Improve Your Writing, Part One
However, he did not write using basic pattern one and two sentences only! Good writers know how to make their sentences come to life.
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Studying Sentence Patterns to Improve Your Writing, Part One
They do not write the same sentences over and over again!
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Studying Sentence Patterns to Improve Your Writing, Part One
To help you start recognizing these patterns, I am going to give you four more sentences written by Ernest Hemingway.
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Studying Sentence Patterns to Improve Your Writing, Part One
Your homework is to identify which of the two basic patterns he is using. Please remember that sometimes Hemingway uses additional words.
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Just focus on finding the basic structure pattern one or pattern two. We will give you the answers next week in the comments section and on our Facebook page.
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from A Clean, Well-Lighted Place 3. "He was only in a hurry."
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Studying Sentence Patterns to Improve Your Writing, Part One
"The treatment is for tomorrow." from Great News from the Mainland I'm Jonathan Evans.
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summer
summer
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Sunday
Sunday
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