Term
I. Preposed Sentence Margins:
1. Sentence Topic "as for"/"even..." |
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Definition
"As for John, his horse died."
"Even my father, he was disturbed by what they were doing in the name of law and order."
"Risk, that is what adds spice to life and makes it worthwhile." |
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Term
I. Preposed Sentence Margins:
2. Prior Time Margin "when"/"after..." |
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Definition
| "After/when Ed came downstairs, Mary slipped out the front door, went around the house, and came in the back door." |
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Term
I. Preposed Sentence Margins:
3. Conditional Margin "if..." |
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Definition
| "If Ed slept five minutes overtime, his father got cross with him and made things generally unpleasant." |
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Term
I. Preposed Sentence Margins:
4. Concessive Margin "although"/"even if..." |
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Definition
| "Although Ed never slept more than five minutes overtime, his father got cross with him and made things generally unpleasant." |
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Term
I. Preposed Sentence Margins:
5. Circumstantial Margin "since/in that..." |
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Definition
| "Since (In that) she knew that it would be tolerated, she got very angry; she threw a temper tantrum worthy of a three-year-old child." |
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Term
II. Postposed Sentence Margins:
1. Concurrent Time Margins "as/while..." |
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Definition
"Bill went out the back door, as John came in the front door." "I'll watch while you sleep."
"While Ed was coming downstairs, Mary slipped out the front door, went around the house, and came in the back door." |
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Term
II. Postposed Sentence Margins:
2. Subsequent Time Margin "until/before/till..." |
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Definition
"Mary stayed until Ed came downstairs."
"Mary left there before Ed came downstairs." |
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Term
II. Postposed Sentence Margins:
3. Cause Margin "because..." |
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Definition
"Because Ed occasionally slept five minutes overtime, his father got cross with him and made things generally unpleasant."
"She got very angry; she threw a temper tantrum worthy of a three-year-old child, because she knew that it would be tolerated and might even result in her getting her way again, as in past years." |
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Term
II. Postposed Sentence Margins:
4. Purpose Margin "(in order)to / in order that / so that...." |
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Definition
"In order to keep Ed from sleeping overtime, his father got cross with him and made things generally unpleasant."
"She got very angry; she threw a temper tantrum worthy of a three-year-old child, so that she might get her way again, as she had done in past years to the detriment of the whole family." |
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