Making Inferences

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Teachers,these are my questions:1. Can a paragraph has more than one inferences? 2. Should an inferences contains of one sentence? or we can make an inferences which cointain more than one sentences?3. What is the minimum contents of a sentences? (e.g : a sentence should has subject and ...)Please give me the answerthank you

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

What do you mean by 'inference', ilma?

Ilma · Answer

it's from my english text book:        Making inference is drawing logical conclusion from the text. It test the readers overall understanding of the reading passage.      Example:    "As a laughter spread throughout the chemo clinic, the anxiety diminished, and everyone, especially sarrane, felt more hopeful.  sarrane's body, mind, and spirit soon responded positively to the therapeutic benefits of humor. As a result, she recovered and until today, she has remained cancer free."      From the text, it can be inferred that :      Humor has healing power, it can help cure a disease.

Mister Micawber · Answer

1 and 2 -- In that case, your original questions are not really relevant. A paragraph can include any number of inferences, which are unrelated to the number of sentences. Inferences and sentences are not related.

3 -- A minimum complete sentence should have an understood (but not necessarily expressed) subject, and a verb:

'Run!'

Ilma · Answer

Thx so much for your explanation, but I mean for the first and the second question is, can a pharagraph has more than one inferences?, like if that paragraf contain more than one important things that can't be resume in one sentence. But the number of a inference doesn't have a correlation with the number of the sentences in that pharagraph. Maybe the number of inference has a correlation with how many important things in that paragraph, or something like that. Do you get me? so, based on your reply, I think a paragraph can has one or more inferences depend on how many important things there which can't be resumed in one sentence? am I right?

For my 3rd question, what do you mean with "but not necessarily expressed? can you give the example?

thank you

Mister Micawber · Answer

Thx so much for your explanation, but I mean for the first and the second question is, can a pharagraph has more than one inferences?,--Yes.
like if that paragraf contain more than one important things that can't be resume in one sentence--Yes
But the number of a inference doesn't have a correlation with the number of the sentences in that pharagraph.-- No problem.
Maybe the number of inference has a correlation with how many important things in that paragraph, or something like that.-- No, no correlation whatsoever.

Do you get me?-- Yes.
so, based on your reply, I think a paragraph can has one or more inferences depend on how many important things there which can't be resumed in one sentence? am I right?-- Right!

For my 3rd question, what do you mean with "but not necessarily expressed? can you give the example?-- I already gave you an example: 'Run!' is a minimum complete sentence. It is an imperative sentence with the understood but unexpressed subject 'you' and the verb 'run'.

Ilma · Answer

oh, now I see

. Thx for your reply Mister Micawber.

Regards

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