Hello everyone,
I mentioned last week that writing with different sentences is important, so today I'm going to introduce some new sentence patterns.
The Complex Sentence
There are two types of complex sentences: unessential information and essential information
Unessential Information
Beginning | , | Who, Which Clause | , | End of Sentence |
My brother | , | who never studies | , | gets really good grades. |
Unessential information must be included after the subject with commas.
You can tell if information is unessential by taking it away. If the sentence is still ok without the information, then it is unessential.
Ex: My brother, who never studies, gets really good grades.>>>
>> My brother gets really good grades.
Because the sentence is still ok without the information, the information in unessential.
Essential Information
Beginning | Who, Which, That Clause | End of Sentence |
Politicians | who are caught stealing | embarrass their political parties. |
Essential information does not use commas.
You can tell if information is essential by taking it away. If the meaning of the sentence changes without the information, then the information is essential.
Ex: Politicians who are caught stealing embarrass their political parties.>>>
>> Politicians embarrass their political parties.
But not all politicians embarass their parties; only the ones caught stealing.
Because the sentence changes without the information, the information in essential.
Decide if the following sentences need commas or not.
Example
Q: My bother who never studies gets really good grades.
A: My brother , who never studies , gets really good grades.
1. Patterson Tower built in 1935 is a monument to concrete ugliness.
2. The movie that I went to see is no longer playing.
3. Every person who wants a free toy must send in two box tops.
4. John decided however not to buy the car.
5. The Mississippi River which has a cool name flows south into the Gulf of Mexico.
Try out these examples and I'll post the answers next week.
Hope this helps.
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