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Sentence Structure
South Coast College - English 1
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12/15/2010

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SENTENCE

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A SENTENCE is a group of words containing a SUBJECT, a PREDICATE, & offering a complete thought.

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SUBJECT

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The SUBJECT is the "who" or "what" the SENTENCE is about.

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PREDICATE

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The PREDICATE is everything in the SENTENCE except the SUBJECT and the SUBJECT'S MODIFIERS. The PREIDCATE always includes the VERB and the VERB'S MODIFIERS.

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PREDICATE NOMINATIVE

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Another name for the SUBJECT

but sitting in the PREDICATE

after a LINKING VERB.

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PREDICATE ADJECTIVE

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ADJECTIVE belonging to the SUBJECT

but sitting in the PREDICATE

after the LINKING VERB.

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STATE OF BEING

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Word or phrase locating the SUBJECT

but sitting in the PREDICATE

after a LINKING VERB.

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ADJECTIVE

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An ADJECTIVE is a modifier that adds "which one" or "how many" to the noun (that follows)

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ADVERB

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A modifier that ads "when" "where" or "how" to a VERB or VERBAL.

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