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Banfill_89 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
confusion on sentence structure???
ok i know this is a stupid question to you guys probably...but im an engineering student at the University of Windsor, and i got into engineering so i could steer clear of my enemy known as english class, BUT we have this new online class that we have to take so....my question is:
in my text book it states like the proper structure of a senence should be ( subject-verb) or (subject-verb-object).
i get his.
i got confused when was doing some of the excrcies, and these two sentences came up:
1) Mermaids sunbathing at the warm rocks at the shores edge.
2) Run for your life.
ok, so sentence 1 says it isnt a proper sentence, which i beleive because it sounds awful when i read it, but it seems to have the proper "structure"
sentence 2 seems right and it is in the book, but it dosnt seem to follow the "structure"...
can someone please help me out here lol
in my text book it states like the proper structure of a senence should be ( subject-verb) or (subject-verb-object).
i get his.
i got confused when was doing some of the excrcies, and these two sentences came up:
1) Mermaids sunbathing at the warm rocks at the shores edge.
2) Run for your life.
ok, so sentence 1 says it isnt a proper sentence, which i beleive because it sounds awful when i read it, but it seems to have the proper "structure"
sentence 2 seems right and it is in the book, but it dosnt seem to follow the "structure"...
can someone please help me out here lol
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Welcome to the forums, banfill_89! I hope you will feel free to ask questions at anytime. We have lots of people from all over the world who are willing to help you.
- Welcome to the forums, banfill_89!
- I hope you will feel free to ask questions at anytime.
- We have lots of people from all over the world who are willing to help you.
- 1) is not a complete sentence!
- You need more: Mermaids, sunbathing at the warm rocks at the shore's edge, all looked like characters from Hans Christian Andersen or The mermaids were sunbathing.....
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Welcome to the forums, banfill_89! I hope you will feel free to ask questions at anytime. We have lots of people from all over the world who are willing to help you.
1) is not a complete sentence! You need more: Mermaids, sunbathing at the warm rocks at the shore's edge, all looked like characters from Hans Christian Andersen or The mermaids were sunbathing.....
1) is not a complete sentence! You need more: Mermaids, sunbathing at the warm rocks at the shore's edge, all looked like characters from Hans Christian Andersen or The mermaids were sunbathing.....
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thanks man. its just so confusing when i know the sentence sounds weired...and that it needs more...but it still seems to follow the rules my book is telling me to follow....english is crazy lol
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