• THE SUBJECT OF A SENTENCE
    ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

    THE SUBJECT OF A SENTENCE

    Every simple sentence must have two basic elements which are: i. the thing/person we are talking about ii. what the thing/person is doing. The thing/person we are talking about indicated in (i) above is called the subject of the sentence.…

  • ERRORS IN SENTENCE STRUCTURE
    ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

    ERRORS IN SENTENCE STRUCTURE

    The following errors are common in sentence structures. They should be avoided or corrected promptly wherever they intrude in our writing. (1) Sentence Fragment (or Period fault) A sentence fragment is an incomplete sentence, a phrase or a subordinate clause…

  • THE SENTENCE
    ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

    THE SENTENCE

    A sentence is a word or a group of words that makes a complete sense and stands separate from any other grammatical construction. It begins with a capital letter and ends with a period (for statements), a question mark (for…