Grammar

S V OC

Sentence Pattern

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rough machine translation ... [ Eng=>Jpn ]

No Grammar, No Communication

        Sometimes an S+V+C sentence is imbedded in a longer, more complex sentence in such a way that its verb drops out and the subject becomes the object of the new, longer sentence.

The third sentence can also be written:


Now It's Time to Practice

        Take a piece of writing, perhaps something you yourself have written, and underline all the verb phrases. Then try to write a basic sentence for each such phrase and identify the pattern used.


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