Writing Academic English 4th Edition

178 Part 1111 ISentenceStructure

2.WebuilddifferentkindsofsentencesinEnglishbycombiningclausesin

differentpatterns.

Becausegrammariseasy,I learnedit

quickly,butit tookmeseveralyearsto

masterwriting.

WITHA NOUNCLAUSE

Shedoesnotagreethatgrammaris

easy.

WITHANADJECTIVECLAUSE

WITHANADVERBCLAUSE

Becausegrammariseasy,I learnedit

quickly.I learnedgrammarquickly

becauseit is easy.

OneofmyfavoritefilmsisLikeWater

forChocolate,whichisinSpanish.

Grammaris easy;therefore,

I learnedit quickly.

Grammaris easy;I learnedit

quickly.

Grammariseasy,soI learnedit

quickly.

Englishgrammariseasy.

c. Acomplexsentenceis one

independentandone(ormore)

dependentclauses.

a. Asimplesentenceisone

independentclause.

b. Acompoundsentenceis two

independentclausesjoinedby

• a coordinator,


• a conjunctiveadverb,or
  
  
  • a semicolon.
  
  
  
  

d.Acompound-complex

sentencehastwoindependent

clausesandone(ormore)

dependentclauses.

3. Thetypeofsentenceyouwritedependsonyourmessage.Whenyouwant
   toshowthatideasareequal,usemorecoordinatedstructures,suchas
   compoundsentences.Whenideasarenotequal,usemoresubordinated
   structures,suchascomplexsentences.Developa goodwritingstyleby
   mixingsentencetypes.