PURPOSIVE COMMUNICATION

• WORD - a single unit of language that has meaning and can be spoken or written.
• FRAGMENT

  • lacks a verb
  • written without working verb

  ex: The library on the 3rd floor.
• PHRASE

  • does not exist independently, hence no ACTION VERB
  • part of a sentence/clause
• CLAUSE

  • comprised of a group of words with subject and finite verb.
  • contains ONE subject and ONE verb.

  ex:

  1. Independent clause
  2. Dependent clause
• SENTENCE

  • set of words that is complete
  • w/ subject and predicate, main clause and sometimes subordinate clauses.
• FORM & STRUCTURE of sentences

  1. Simple
  2. Compound
  3. Complex
  4. Compound-Complex
• KINDS of SIMPLE SENTENCES

  1. SIMPLE subject and SIMPLE predicate/verb
  2. SIMPLE subject and COMPOUND predicate/verb
  3. COMPOUND subject and SIMPLE predicate/verb
  4. COMPOUND subject and COMPOUND predicate/verb
• COMPOUND (fanboys):

  For

  And

  Nor

  But

  Or

  yet

  So